Place:Witton Shields, Northumberland, England

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Name	Witton Shields
Type	Township, Civil parish
Coordinates	55.201°N 1.818°W
Located in	Northumberland, England ( - 1955)
See also	Long Horsley, Northumberland, England	ancient parish in which it was a township
	Morpeth Ward, Northumberland, England	ancient county division in which it was located
	Netherwitton, Northumberland, England	civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955

source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Witton Shields from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"WITTON-SHIELDS, a township in Long Horsley parish, Northumberland; 7 miles NW by W of Morpeth. Acres: 574. Population: 19. Houses: 5."

Witton Shields was a township in the ancient parish of Long Horsley and became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1955 the civil parish was abolished. It is assumed it was absorbed into the civil parish of Netherwitton. Witton Shields is a very narrow township between Stanton and Netherwitton and Stanton was absorbed by Netherwitton at that time.

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Further information from GENUKI
Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1832 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time. This map includes the boundaries of the various Wards (or "hundreds") in existence at that time.
Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
Ordnance Survey map of Northumberland 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
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