LINMOUTH, a township in the parish of WOODHORN,
eastern division of MORPETH ward, county of
NORTHUMBERLAND, 7 miles (E. N. E.) from Morpeth,
containing 22 inhabitants. This township derives its
name from being situated near the river Line, at its
confluence with the ocean -. in 1822, a spermaceti whale,
sixty one feet in length, and thirty-seven feet .four inches
in circumference, came on shore at the mouth of the
river, and was harpooned; it produced nine tons and
one hundrsd and fifty-eight gallons of oil, which was
claimed by the Admiralty as a droit of the crown.