Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOUGHTON (LITTLE)

HOUGHTON (LITTLE), a township in Long Houghton parish, Northumberland; 1 mile NW of Long Houghton. It contains the hamlet of Little Mill. Acres, 753. Pop., 130. Houses, 23. Lead ore has been worked, and coal, of a peculiar kind, is found.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place names: HOUGHTON     |     HOUGHTON LITTLE     |     LITTLE HOUGHTON
Place: Littlehoughton

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