Description
Capheaton, a village and a township in Kirkwhelpington parish, Northumberland, near the Wansbeck Valley railway,. 7 1/2 miles N of the Roman Wall, and 11 WSW of Morpeth. The nearest station is Hexham, on the N.E.R. The village has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acreage, 2318; population, 202. Capheaton Castle, once a border stronghold, dates from 1267; was rebuilt in 1668 upon a new site, and is the seat of the Swinburne family. Roman coins and silver vessels have been found.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
