CAPHEATON, a township in the parish of KIRKWHELPINGTON,
north-eastern division of TINDALE ward,
county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 13 miles (W. S. W.) from
Morpeth, containing 225 inhabitants. Several Roman
coins, silver vessels, &c., were discovered near Capheaton
Hall by some labourers, in the early part of the .last
century. A school-room has been erected in the village
by Sir John Swinburn, Bart., whose ancestors have resided
here from a very early period.