National Gazetteer (1868) - Thockrington

"THOCKRINGTON, a parish in the N.E. division of Tynedale ward, county Northumberland, 11 miles N.E. of Hexham, its post town, and 8 S.E. of Bellingham. The village is situated near the ancient Watling Street. The parish contains the townships of Little Bavington, Cary Coats, and Sweethope. The soil consists of clay and loam, and is in general rich and well cultivated. There are numerous freestone and limestone quarries, a productive colliery, and formerly a lead mine. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Durham, value £48, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is of great antiquity, situated on an eminence. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. An ancient boundary stone, supposed to be of Roman origin, was found here in 1839, and has been erected on the spot where Mr. Forster, M.P., on the 6th of October, 1715, harangued the assembled gentry of the county, including the Earl of Derwentwater, on the advantages of raising Prince James Stuart to the throne. C. C. Shafto, Esq., is lord of the manor and sole landowner."

"CARY-COATES, a township in the parish of Thockrington, Tynedale ward, in the county of Northumberland, 7 miles to the E. of Bellingham."

"LITTLE BAVINGTON, a township and village in the parish of Thockrington, Tindale ward, in the county of Northumberland, near Great Bavington, and 11½ miles N.N.E. from Hexham. Limestone, whinstone, and freestone are quarried here. Charles C. Shafto, Esq., of Bavington Hall, is lord of the manor.

"SWEETHOPE, a township in the parish of Thockrington, N.E. division of Tynedale ward, county Northumberland, 9 miles S.E. of Bellingham, and 1431 mile N.W. of Thockrington. It is situated on the river Wansbeck, and is an extensive sheep farm. Sir W. C. Trevelyan is lord of the manor."