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Burton
The hamlets /farms of East Burton and West Burton are located about 1 mile south of Bamburgh and half a mile east of Glororum. There is an old limekiln at East Burton. Historically, Burton was a township in the ancient parish of Bamburgh. Following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1866, Burton became a civil parish (population of 60 in 1951). It remained so until April 1955, when the civil parish was merged into Bamburgh Civil Parish.
BURTON, a township, in the parish of Bambrough, union of Belford, N. division of Bambrough ward and of Northumberland, 5½ miles (E. by S.) from Belford; containing 111 inhabitants. It lies about a mile and a half south-by-west from Bambrough, and consists of a farm and some cottages. The North Sea is on the east.
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.
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Bamburgh Parish, 1855
- Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855. BAMBROUGH PARISH BAMBROUGH is a parish, comprising two chapelries [Beadnell and Lucker] and twenty-two townships [Adderstone, Bambrough, …
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Bamburgh Parish, 1855
- Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855. BAMBROUGH PARISH BAMBROUGH is a parish, comprising two chapelries [Beadnell and Lucker] and twenty-two townships [Adderstone, Bambrough, …
