Horton, Chatton

{{distinguish|Horton, Blyth}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|static_image = East Horton - geograph.org.uk - 312805.jpg

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|static_image_caption = East Horton

|official_name = Horton

|os_grid_reference = NU028309

|coordinates = {{coord|55.572|-1.957|type:city(500)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

|civil_parish=Chatton

|unitary_england = Northumberland

|shire_county = Northumberland

|region = North East England

|country = England

|post_town = WOOLER

|postcode_area = NE

|postcode_district = NE71

|dial_code =

|constituency_westminster= Berwick-upon-Tweed

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Horton is a pair of small settlements, West Horton and East Horton, divided by a stream - the Horton Burn - in Northumberland, England {{convert|3|mi|0}} north east of Wooler and {{convert|5|mi|0}} west of Belford. Horton Moor is north of the settlements.{{Cite web|url=https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/275/doddington|title=Doddington Field Notes|work=The Modern Antiquarian|date=29 August 2024|accessdate=28 October 2024}}

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'.Victor Watts (ed.), The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. HORTON.