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ROTHLEY, a township in Hartburn parish, Northumberland; on the river Font, 11 miles W N W of Morpeth. Acres, 2, 720. Pop., 174. Houses, 30. R. Crags are a fine range of millstone grit rocks; and aresurmounted, at an elevation of 843 feet above sea-level, with a picturesque tower built, in the last century, by Sir W. Blackett. A hill to the N also is surmounted by an imitation ruin of a fort, and overhangs a lake. Aquondam ancient tower at R. belonged to the abbot of Newminster.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Hartburn AP/Tn/CP Rothley CP/Tn Northumberland AncC |
Place: | Rothley |
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