National Gazetteer (1868) - Shilbottle

"SHILBOTTLE, a parish in the E. division of Coquetdale ward, county Northumberland. 5 miles S.E. of Alnwick, its post town, and 3 N.W. of Warkworth railway station. The village is situated within a mile of the turnpike road from Alnwick to Morpeth, and is chiefly agricultural. The parish includes the townships of Guyson, Hazon, Newton, Whittle, and Woodhouse. Excellent coal is obtained, and there are a stone quarry and tile works. About four-fifths of the land are arable, and the remainder pasture and meadow. The soil is of a clayey nature, but fertile, producing grain of all kinds in abundance. The subsoil is chiefly limestone and freestone. Great numbers of cattle and sheep are reared and fattened for the markets. A portion of the rectorial tithes belong to the vicar, and the remainder to various persons. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Durham, value £222, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. James, was thoroughly repaired in 1793. The parochial charities produce about £22 per annum, of which £13 goes to Strother's schools. There is a parochial school for both sexes, principally supported by the Duke of Northumberland, also a Church Sunday-school."

"HART-LAW, a hamlet in the township of Hazon, parish of Shilbottle, county Northumberland, 6 miles S. of Alnwick. It is situated near the river Coquet."

"HAZON, a township in the parish of Shilbottle, E. division of the ward of Coquetdale, county Northumberland, 2½ miles S. of Shilbottle, and 6½ S.E. of Alnwick. It is situated near the river Coquet, and contains the hamlet of Hart-Law. The land is chiefly arable, and the soil clayey. Hazon Hall is the principal residence. William John Lawson, Esq., is lord of the manor, and chief landowner."

"NEWTON-ON-THE-MOOR, a township in the parish of Shilbottle, E. division of Coquetdale ward, county Northumberland, 3 miles S.W. of Shilbottle, and 5 S.W. of Alnwick. The village is of small extent. The chief portion of the inhabitants are employed in agriculture and in the limestone quarries, with which this township abounds. There are also a colliery and brick and tile works. A chapel was erected in 1852 for the New Connexion Methodists. There is a mixed school with a small endowment. Newton Hall is the principal residence. In the neighbourhood are vestiges of an ancient fortification."

"WHITTLE, a township in the parish of Shilbottle, county Northumberland, 5 miles S. of Alnwick."

"WOODHOUSE, a township in the parish of Shilbottle, E. division of Coquetdale ward, county Northumberland, 5 miles S.E. of Alnwick."