Dinnington

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National Gazetteer (1868) - Dinnington

"DINNINGTON, a parish in the W. division of the Castle ward, in the county of Northumberland, 5½ miles N.W. of Newcastle, its nearest railway station and post town, and 10 S.W. of Morpeth. It contains Brenkley, Binnington, Mason, Prestwick, and three other townships. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Durham, value £160, in the patronage of M. Bell, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is in the Norman style of architecture, and contains a font and four stained-glass windows:. There is a free school for both sexes. Admiral R. Mitford is lord of the manor."

"BRENKLEY, a township in the parish of Dinnington, Castle ward, in the county of Northumberland, 7 miles to the N. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is 1½ mile E. of the parish church."

"HORTON-GRANGE, a township in the parish of Dinnington, W. division of Castle ward, county Northumberland, 1½ mile N.E. of Dinnington, and 6 S. of Morpeth."

"MASON, a township in the parishes of Dinnington and Ponteland, W. division of Castle Ward, county Northumberland, 6 miles N.W. of Newcastle. It is situated near the rivers Pont and Blythe."

"PRESTWICK, a township in the parishes of Dinnington and Ponteland, W. division of Castle ward, county Northumberland, 7 miles N.W. of Newcastle, and 2 from Dinnington. It includes Prestwick Carr, an extensive marsh, so completely inundated by the river Pont as to form one vast lake; but in the summer, when the waters retire, it affords excellent pasturage."

"PRIESTPEOPLE, a ward in the parish of Hexham, county Northumberland, 2 miles from Hexham."