KILLINGWORTH, a township in the parish of LONG-BENTON, eastern division of CASTLE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Newcastle upon Tyne. The population is returned with the parish. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Coal is obtained here. On Killingworth moor the Newcastle races were held till 1790, when it was enclosed for cultivation.