BIDDLESTON, a township in the parish of ALLENTON,
western division of COOUETDALE ward, county
of NORTHUMBERLAND, 7 miles (N. W. by W.) from
Rothbury, containing 166 inhabitants. The manor was
granted, in 1272, to Sir Walter Selby, Knt., and has
ever since continued in the possession of his descendants.
King James held this ancient family in such high
estimation that he bestowed the honour of Knighthood
upon five of its members. The manor-house, a commodious
stone building of modern erection, occupies
the summit of a gentle declivity, commanding, on the
south, a fine prospect of the vale of Coquet.