National Gazetteer (1868) - Doddington

"DODDINGTON, a parish in the E. division of Glendale ward, in the county of Northumberland, 3 miles N. of Wooler, its post town, and 13 S.W. of Berwick. It is situated on the banks of the rivers Till and Glen, and contains the townships of Doddington, Ewart, Humbleton, Nesbit, and Earl. There is a spring, yielding an abundant supply of water, called Dod Well, over which is a large stone cross 20 feet high, and in the neighbourhood are several collieries, the property of Lord Ossulstone. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Durham, value £180, in the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland. The church is an ancient stone structure in the early English style of architecture. There are National and Sunday schools. Remains of a Druidical temple and Danish encampment maybe seen; also some carvings on a rock, with traces of a camp, supposed to be Saxon. Lord Tankerville is lord of the manor, and principal owner of the soil. It is a meet for Lord Elcho's hounds."

"EARL, (or Yearle), a township in the parish of Doddington, E. division of the ward of Glendale, county Northumberland, 1 mile S.W. of Wooler. The village is small. On a neighbouring hill were recently found an ancient sepulchral urn and a flint knife.

"EWART, a township in the parish of Doddington, E. division of Glendale ward, county Northumberland, 3 miles N.W. of Wooler. The river Till passes in the vicinity. There is a day school for both sexes kept up by the owner of the soil, Sir H. St. Paul, Bart., whose seat is Ewart Park."

"HUMBLETON, (or Homildon), a township in the parish of Doddington, E. division of the ward of Glendale, county Northumberland, 1 mile N.W. of Wooler. On a hill near Humbleton-Bourn, in this township, are traces of Saxon earthworks, where stone coffins, &c., have been discovered of late years; and in a field called Red Riggs is a stone pillar in commemoration of the defeat of Archibald Earl Douglas (who through losing so many battles was called the "Tine man") by Hotspur in 1402.

"NESBIT, a township in the parish of Doddington, E. division of Glendale ward, county Northumberland, 4 miles N. of Wooler. It is situated near Nesbit buildings."