FRAMLINGTON (LONG), a parish in the eastern
division of COQ.UETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
comprising the townships of Brinkburn High
ward, Brinkburn Low ward, and Long Framlington, and
containing 815 inhabitants, of which number, 563 are
in the township of Long Framlington, 11 miles (N.N.W.)
from Morpeth. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham,
and in the patronage of the Vicar of Felton. There
is a place of worship for Presbyterians. The interest of
£500, the bequest of Mrs.Tate, in 1825, is appropriated
to the maintenance of a school for educating twenty
poor children. Within the last few years the village
has been much improved by the erection of several neat
houses and shops. It was formerly very badly supplied
with water, but in 1821, a liberal subscription was
raised to sink a public well, from which the inhabitants
have now an abundant supply. Fairs for the sale
of sheep, black cattle, &c., are held on the second
Tuesday in July, and on October 25th. Limestone,
freestone, and coal, are found in the parish. The
Hall-hill, at this place, is supposed to have been the site
of a Roman station, and the remains of a triple intrenchment
are still visible. At Evergreen, near the same
place, are foundations of a building supposed to have
been a fort. At the north-western extremity of the parish
is a long narrow tract of wild and dreary moor-land,
containing about one thousand acres. Here is a great
number of cairns, composed of loose stones, but their
situation is remote and difficult of access. On a farm
called Canada are large heaps of slag, or sconce, such
as is produced by smelting iron-stone, which operation is
supposed to have been done by the Romans, as the road
called the Devil's causeway passes near this place.