Horton, Blyth Valley

Horton is a former civil parish in Northumberland, England about 2 miles (3 km) west of Blyth, and south of the River Blyth. Historically a chapelry of Woodhorn, it became part of Blyth Urban District in 1912, and in 1920 it was abolished, when it was combined with Bebside, Cowpen, and Newsham and South Blyth to form a single parish for the district.[1]

For other places, see Horton.

Horton

Horton parish church
Horton
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNZ285815
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLYTH
Postcode districtNE24
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

The place-name Horton is a common one in England. It derives from Old English horu ("dirt") and tūn ("settlement, farm, estate"), presumably meaning "farm on muddy soil".[2]

Religious sites

The church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.[3]


References
  1. "Horton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. HORTON.
  3. Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 80. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.
  • GENUKI (Accessed: 27 November 2008)
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