Horton, Blyth Valley
| Horton | |
|---|---|
 Horton parish church | |
  Horton Horton shown within Northumberland | |
| OS grid reference | NZ285815 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLYTH |
| Postcode district | NE24 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | |
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.
External links
- GENUKI (Accessed: 27 November 2008)
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