Marg, I think you have correctly sited Horton Parish, west of modern day Blyth, but it is on Horton Road ( not Bedlington Road- is there such a road called Bedlington Road ? ) and it is near a pub, called the Three Horse Shoes. But as Listers have pointed out, Bedlington and Horton were two separate but neighbouring parishes. The two churches (Horton, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, "born" out of Woodhorn Parish, and Bedlington, dedicated to St Cuthbert) were only about 2 miles apart. The boundary between Bedlington Parish and Horton Parish was marked by the River Blyth, with Bedlington on the north side. And up to 1844 this parish boundary was also a county boundary Northumberland and Durham. In some parts of rural Northumberland, in an attempt to save shoe leather, etc., some folk might have been persuaded to use the "wrong" parish church because it was nearer than the church of their home parish. But I do not think there is any point within the territory of Bedlington Parish that is nearer to Horton church than Bedlington Church. Modern Trivia.......About two/three years ago, housebuilder erected apartments on the site of Bebside Hall, corner of Horton Road ( Road b1505) and Bebside Road.(A193), about half a mile north of Horton church. The hording/billboard erroneously advertised the site as Bedlington... in old terms the site was in the Bebside Township of Horton Parish, in modern terms it lay in the ward of Bebside within Blyth Valley District. It was thought that Bedlington houses could demand higher prices than Bebside houses- and maybe true. These homes are now advertised as in Bebside... maybe restless natives persuaded a correction ? Michael Dixon