SHILBOTTLE, a parish in the eastern division
lof COQUETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
comprising the townships of Guyson, Hazon, Newton
on the Moor, Shilbottle, Whittle, and Woodhouse, and
containing 1153 inhabitants, of which number, 548 are
in the township of Shilbottle, 4 miles (S. by 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 £4. 14. 8., and in the
partonage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to
St. James, was thoroughly repaired about 1793. Coal of
a superior quality is obtained here. Henry Strother,
in 1741, founded and endowed a school for teaching
poor children, the income of which was augmented by
Francis Strother, in 1765 and 1770.