Horton, Chatton should not be confused with Horton, Blyth.
| Static Image: | East Horton - geograph.org.uk - 312805.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | East Horton |
| Official Name: | Horton |
| Os Grid Reference: | NU028309 |
| Coordinates: | 55.572°N -1.957°W |
| Civil Parish: | Chatton |
| Unitary England: | Northumberland |
| Shire County: | Northumberland |
| Region: | North East England |
| Country: | England |
| Post Town: | WOOLER |
| Postcode Area: | NE |
| Postcode District: | NE71 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Horton is a pair of small settlements, West Horton and East Horton, divided by a stream - the Horton Burn - in Northumberland, England 3miles north east of Wooler and 5miles west of Belford.
It is first attested as Horton' (Turbervill) ('Horton held by the Turbervill family') in 1242. 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]
The Devil's Causeway passes through the village and continues north under a C Road for about 6miles to Lowick. The causeway was a Roman road which started at the Portgate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extended 55miles northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Two miles to the north of the village is Hetton Hall, which comprises a 15th-century pele tower with 18th and 19th century additions.[2]
A little over a mile to the south-west, Weetwood Hall is another medieval tower house, altered and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.[3]