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Witton Shields


Witton Shields is a farm and hamlet in Northumberland. It is located just over half a mile west of the larer hamlet of Stanton and is today part of the Civil Parish of Netherwitton (it was previously a township in the parish of Longhorsley). Witton Shield Tower is a stronghouse built in 1608. The hamlet is located by Cowclose Burn.

WITTON-SHIELS, a township, in the parish of Long Horsley, union, and W. division of the ward, of Morpeth, N. division of Northumberland, 7 miles (N.W. by W.) from Morpeth; containing 13 inhabitants. Among the recorded proprietors here, occur the families of Ogle, Prestwick, Thornton, Trevelyan, and Witham. The township comprises 418 acres of land, divided from Stanton by a brook which has woody banks, and runs into the Wansbeck. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £40. 11., and the vicarial for 3s. A strong tower erected in 1608 by Sir Nicholas Thornton, has been converted into a Roman Catholic chapel.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Northumberland Cowclose Burn Longhorsley Parish, 1855 Historic Buildings and Monuments in Netherwitton Civil Parish Netherwitton Civil Parish Longhorsley Parish, 1848 Stanton Witton Shields Tower
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Weir at Witton Shields
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Footbridge over the Cow Close Burn at witton Shields
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Gateway and cattle grid to Witton Shields Farm
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Stanton
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Stanton
- Overview About Stanton Map Street View STANTON, a township, in the parish of Long Horsley, union, and W. division of the ward, of Morpeth, N. division of Northumberland, 6 miles …
Longhorsley Parish, 1855
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Longhorsley Parish, 1855
- Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855. LONG HORSLEY PARISH    LONG HORSLEY is a parish comprising the townships of Bigge's or Carlisle’s Quarter, Freeholders' …

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