Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CAPHEATON

CAPHEATON, a township in Kirkwhelpington parish, Northumberland; near the Wansbeck Valley railway, 7½ miles N of the Roman wall, and 11 WSW of Morpeth. It has a post office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 2,213. Pop., 195. Houses, 44. Capheaton Castle dates from 1267: is the seat of Sir J. E. Swinburne, Bart.; and belonged to his ancestors from the time of Henry VIII. Roman coins and silver vessels have been found.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Capheaton CP/Tn       Kirkwhelpington AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Capheaton

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