HORTON, a parish in the eastern division of CASTLE
ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the
townships of Bebside, Cowpen>.East Hartford, West
Hartford, and Horton, and containing 2099 inhabitants,
of which number, 139 are in the township of Horton,
7 miles (S. E.) from Morpeth. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland,
and diocese of Durham, endowed with £200 private
benefaction, and £600 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Vicar of Woodhorn. The church was rebuilt
in 1828, at an expense of upwards of £500, raised by
subscription. Horton formed part of the parish of Woodhorn
until the year 1768, when it was severed from it.
There are mines of coal in the parish. Here was formerly
a strong castle belonging to the Delaval family,
which was razed to the ground in 1809, and the intrenchments
levelled. This parish is bounded on the
north by the river Blyth.