SHAFTO (EAST), a township in that part of the
parish of HARTBURN which is in the north-eastern
division of TINDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
11 miles (W. S. W.) from Morpeth, containing
35,inhabitants. Here was formerly a chapel. Behind
the ancient hall rises a lofty verdant hill, termed Shafto
Crag, adjacent to which there is a spacious cave formed
in the solid rock.