Bothal

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Bothal is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ashington, Northumberland, England. It is situated between Morpeth and Ashington. There is a castle, a church, a vicarage opposite the church gates, stepping stones over the River Wansbeck, and a few houses. Bothal was the headquarters of the extensive Welbeck Estates in Northumberland. Half a mile upstream of the castle are the remains of a watermill that still had a working waterwheel up to about the First World War. It had a turbine for electricity production for the mill house from 1947 to 1980. Until 1866 Bothal was a civil parish, In 1831 the parish had a population of 1319. Image:bothalvillage2.jpg|Bothal village Image:bothalwoodpath.jpg|Into Bothal woods Image:bothaltreescross.jpg|Bothal village Image:River Wansbeck at Bothal.jpg|The River Wansbeck viewed from the stepping stones at Bothal. Bothal was also a drift mine ('Bothal Barns Drift') though this is something of a misnomer. Bothal Drift was merely another entrance to the Ashington colliery. Now, Bothal Barns Drift is the site of a private house with the old entrance to the drift mine being long disused. The Bothal Drift is situated on the top of the bank on the Ashington side. Image:bothaldrift2.jpg|It used to be the entrance to the 'drift'mine Image:bothaldrift.jpg|Now long disused.…

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