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Cartington Township, 1848


CARTINGTON, a township, in the parish and union of Rothbury, W. division of Coquetdale ward, N. division of Northumberland, 3¼ miles (N.W. by N.) from Rothbury; containing, with Bankland, 66 inhabitants. The castle of this place, which is now in ruins, and the surrounding lands, belonged to a branch of the Widdrington family. The tithes have been commuted for £5. 2.

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.

Cartington became a Civil Parish in 1866, following the Poor Law Amendment Act. In 2021, Cartington Civil Parish was abolished and was absorbed into the civil parishes of Thropton and Rothbury.

Cartington Rothbury Parish, 1848
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