Horton, Blyth

Horton
Horton
	Horton parish church
	Horton Location within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NZ285815
Unitary authority	Northumberland;
Ceremonial county	Northumberland;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLYTH
Postcode district	NE24
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Blyth Valley;
	List of places UK England Northumberland 55°07′37″N 1°33′18″W / 55.127°N 1.555°W

Horton is a village in Northumberland, England about 2 miles (3 km) west of Blyth, and south of the River Blyth.

The place-name Horton is a common one in England. It derives from Old English horu ("dirt") and tūn ("settlement, farm, estate"), presumably meaning "farm on muddy soil".^[1]

Religious sites

The church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.^[2]

References

^ Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. HORTON.
^ Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 80. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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[1] Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. HORTON.

[Purves-2] Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 80. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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