ILDERTON, a parish in the northern division
of COOTETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
comprising the townships of Ilderton, Middleton-Hall,
North Middleton, South Middleton, Roddam, and Rosedon,
and containing 579 inhabitants, of which number, 157
are in the township of Ilderton, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from
Wooler. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham,
rated in the king's books at £4, endowed with
£200 royal bounty, and £600 parliamentary grant, and
in the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland.. The
church is dedicated to St. Michael. The river Bredmish
flows on the southern side of this parish, which is intersected
by the Caldgate, Lilburn, Roddaro, and several
minor streams. On Rosedon-Edge are the remains of a
square encampment. Between this village and Hedgehope
is an ancient temple of the Druids, consisting of ten
large unequal stones, placed in an oval form, thirtyeight
yards in diameter from east to west, and thirtythree
from north to south.