A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Morpeth. You may be able to find further references to Morpeth in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Morpeth | ward | Bartholomew |
| MORPETH | a town, a township, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a ward | Imperial |
| Morpeth Castle | township | Bartholomew |
| MORPETH-CASTLE | a township | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Morpeth.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bullers Green | township | Bartholomew |
| Catchburn | village | Bartholomew |
| CATCHBURN | a village | Imperial |
| Church, High | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| ESPLEY | a village | Imperial |
| Hepscott | township and railway station | Bartholomew |
| HEPSCOTT | a township | Imperial |
| High Church | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Newminster Abbey | township | Bartholomew |
| NEWMINSTER ABBEY | a township | Imperial |
| PARKHOUSES | a village | Imperial |
| Shilvington | township | Bartholomew |
| SHILVINGTON | a township | Imperial |
| Tranwell and High Church | township | Bartholomew |
| TRANWELL and HIGH CHURCH | a township | Imperial |
| Twizell | township | Bartholomew |
| TWIZELL | a township | Imperial |
| Ulgham | township and village | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Morpeth within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| William Camden | Northumberland | 2 |
| Thomas Pennant | July 4-17: Scarborough to Berwick upon Tweed | 2 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 9: Eastern Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1751-3: Wesley's Marriage; Cornwall Smugglers; Illness and Recovery | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1757-9: "I do Indeed Live by Preaching"; Advice to Travelers; French Prisoners | 1 |
| John Wesley | 1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | Appendix VIII: Itinerary | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Bullers Green | 0 | 2 |
| Newminster | 0 | 2 |
| Catchburn | 0 | 2 |
| Spital Hill | 0 | 2 |
| Tranwell | 0 | 2 |
| Pegswood | 0 | 2 |
| Hepscott | 0 | 2 |
| Mitford | 2 | 2 |
| Hebron | 0 | 2 |
| Benridge | 0 | 3 |
| High and Low Highlaws | 0 | 2 |
| Newton Park | 0 | 2 |
| Cockle Park | 0 | 2 |
| Edington | 0 | 1 |
| Newton Underwood | 0 | 1 |
| Longhirst | 0 | 2 |
| Pigdon | 0 | 2 |
| Espley | 0 | 2 |
| Molesdon | 0 | 2 |
| Sheepwash | 0 | 1 |