EDLINGHAM, a parish in the northern division
of CoQUETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
comprising the chapelry of Bolton, and the townships
of Abberwick, Broom-Park, Edlingham, Learchild, and
Lemmington, and containing 666 inhabitants, of which
number, 201 are in the township of Edlingham, 6 miles
(S. W. by W.) from Alnwick. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland,
and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at
£6. 14. 4., and in the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Durham. The church is dedicated to St.
John the Baptist. The river Am runs through the parish,
in which are parochial and Sunday schools. There
are some remains of Edlingham castle, built prior to
the reign of Henry II.