In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haughton like this:
HAUGHTON, a township in Simonburn parish, Northumberland; on the North Tyne river and on the Border Counties railway, 7 miles NW of Hexham. Pop., 105. Houses, 21. Haughton Castle here was the seat of the Swinburnes; passed to the Widdringtons; and is now the seat of George Crawshay, Esq. It occupies a picturesque site; is itself an edifice of the time of Edward I., in the form of an oblong square, 100 feet by 44; has, all round the external walls, a row of arches, which probably were inserted to give strength to the masonry; and contains a large upper room, which probably was the baron's hall, but has been modernized. ...
Ruins of an ancient chapel, 60 feet by 24, are in the grounds. A paper mill, now a ruin, is on the bank of the river, and was the place where Pitt's assignats were forged.
Haughton through time
Haughton is now part of Tynedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tynedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Haughton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Haughton, in Tynedale and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9241
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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