Horton, Blyth Valley
Horton is a village in Northumberland, England about 2 miles (3 km) west of Blyth, and south of the River Blyth.
The place-name Horton is a common one in England. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.[1]
Religious sites
The church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.[2]
References
- ↑ Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. HORTON.
- ↑ Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 80. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3.
External links
- GENUKI (Accessed: 27 November 2008)
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