HOUGHTON (LONG), a parish in the southern
division of BAMBROUGH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
comprising the townships of Boulmer with
Seaton House, Little Houghton, Long Houghton, and
Little Mill, and containing 650 inhabitants, of which
number, 469 are in the township of Long Houghton,
3 miles (E.N.E.) from Alnwick, The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland,
and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at
£9. 9. 4., and in the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland.
The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
A littlewestward of the village is a romantic and lofty
eminence, called Ratcheugh Cray. Boulmer bay, in this
parish, is a natural basin, eight hundred yards in length,
and four hundred in breadth, with a commodious entrance
twelve feet deep at low water, and being already
environed by the rocks, it is capable of being formed
into an excellent harbour: at present only fishing-boats
are moored here.