WOODHORN, a parish in the eastern division of
MORPETH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising
the chapelry of Newbiggin, and the townships
of Cresswell, Ellington, Hurst, Linmouth, North Seaton,
and Woodhorn, and the demesne of Woodhorn, and
containing 1378 inhabitants, of which number, 155 are
in the township of Woodhorn, 8 miles (E. N.E.) from
Morpeth. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham,
rated in the king's books at £21. 15. ?., and in the
patronage of the Bishop of Durham. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, is an ancient edifice, with the exception
of the chancel, which has been added by the
Master and Wardens of the Mercers' Company of London.
Mr. Foster, in 1800, left £1200 for founding a
free school here, but the bequest has not yet been so
applied. The Rev. Thomas Triplett, in 1640, bequeathed
a rent-charge of £5 for clothing and apprenticing
poor children.