In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Witton Shields like this:
WITTON-SHIELDS, a township in Long Horsley parish, Northumberland; 7 miles NW by W of Morpeth. Acres, 574. Pop., 19. Houses, 5.
Witton Shields through time
Witton Shields is now part of Castle Morpeth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Castle Morpeth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Witton Shields itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Witton Shields, in Castle Morpeth and Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9793
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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