Long Framlington

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National Gazetteer (1868) - Long Framlington

"LONG FRAMLINGTON, a parochial chapelry and township in the ward of Coquetdale, county Northumberland, 4 miles W. of Felton, and 5 S.E. of Rothbury. Alnwick is its post town. It is situated on the old Roman road Watling Street, commonly called the Devil's Causeway, in the vicinity of the river Coquet. The main road from Bremish to Wooler passes through the village, which has recently been much improved. The hamlet of Low Framlington is about a mile to the S. Coal, freestone, and limestone are obtained here. There is a mechanics' institution with a good library. At the north-western extremity of the parish is a long, narrow tract of wild and dreary moorland, containing near 1,000 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage of Felton, in the diocese of Durham. The church is a small edifice of stone. The Presbyterians have a place of worship, and there is an endowed parochial school. Some traces of a Roman encampment with a triple entrenchment still exist in the neighbourhood, and large heaps of scoria mark the spot where iron was smelted by the Romans. Admiral Mitford is lord of the manor. Fairs are held on the second Tuesday in July, 23rd August, and 25th October, for the sale of cattle, sheep, &c.