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Longhorsley is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Morpeth, and about 14 miles (23 km) south of Alnwick. The A697 road passes through the village linking it with Morpeth, Wooler and Coldstream in Scotland. The village is bordered on the north by the River Coquet. The population of Longhorsley Parish is approximately 800, measured at the 2011 UK census as 887, and is essentially a residential community for those who work in South Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.
From 1865 until 1955 the village area was arranged as three separate townships: Bigges Quarter, Freeholders Quarter and Riddells Quarter plus the extra parochial tract of Horsley Moor. Each of these is described below. Up until 1865 the townships were part of a larger ancient parish of Long Horsley, also described below. The other townships of the ancient parish are considered as separate places. From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Morpeth Rural District. The modern civil parish of Longhorsley was formed from the whole area in 1955. (Note that the official name for the ancient parish was Long Horsley, while the modern civil parish is Longhorsley. The two spellings and the two time frames are considered to be describing the same place in WeRelate.) From 1955 Longhorsley was part of Morpeth Rural District. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and it became part of the Castle Morpeth District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority. The original Long Horsley was linked to Bothal before it received ancient parish status but its own records go back to th 18th century. A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Long Horsley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
[edit] Bigges Quarter
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bigges Quarter from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
Most of its area is to the north of Long Horsley, but it has detached parts as well. [edit] Freeholders Quarter
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Freeholders Quarter from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
Most of its area is to the west of Long Horsley, but it has detached parts as well. [edit] Riddells Quarter
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Riddells Quarter from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
Most of its area is to the south of Long Horsley. [edit] Horsley MoorA Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Horsley Moor from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887:
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