Cartington

In 2010 the parish became involved in the hunt for Raoul Moat, a 37-year-old ex-convict from Newcastle upon Tyne, who had shot three people, killing one. Police discovered a makeshift camp, including a duvet, tent and sleeping bag, in a secluded area of land at Wagtail Farm, in the south of the parish.[2] Moat was subsequently cornered in Rothbury, where he shot himself.

Cartington Castle is a ruinous, partly restored medieval English castle. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. Its first recorded owner was Ralph Fitzmain who held it in 1154. In the late 14th century a pele tower was built. In November 1515 Margaret, Queen of Scots, with her baby daughter Margaret stayed here on her journey south from Harbottle Castle. Nearly ten years later, Lord Dacre stationed his troops here on a march north to join the Earl of Surrey. The castle continued to be occupied until finally abandoned in the 1860s. In 1887 Lord Armstrong partially restored the castle in order to prevent its complete disintegration.

In the south of the parish is Cragside, a country house maintained by the National Trust, that was the first house in the world to be lit by hydro-electric power.[3]

• Cartington Castle