Horton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Blyth, in Northumberland, England, about west of Blyth, and south of the River Blyth. Historically a chapelry of Woodhorn, it became part of Blyth Urban District in 1912, and on 1 April 1920 it was abolished, when it was combined with Bebside, Cowpen, and Newsham and South Blyth to form a single parish for the district. In 1911 the parish had a population of 2546.
Besides for the church, Horton survives in the name of two farms, as well as for the B1505 Horton Road (Ordnance Survey NZ2779/2780).
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.
Religious sites The church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
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