Description
Nafferton, a township in Ovingham parish, Northumberland, near the Roman wall, 7 miles from Hexham station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Stocksfield. Acreage, 814; population, 73. Nafferton Castle was built out of materials of the Roman wall by Sir Philip D'Ulecote, in the time of King John, and consists of a keep 20 feet square, and two outer baileys.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
