18th century it became the property of the Talbots, but a John Talbot lost the estate for his role in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, passing first to Giles Alcock, a merchant from Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1883 it became part of the estate of Sir William George Armstrong of nearby Cragside. Cartington was formerly a township in Rothbury parish, from 1866 Cartington was a civil parish in its own right. In September 2019, with only 95 electors living in the parish, Cartington Parish Council voted to abolish itself, with the land distributed between neighbouring Thropton and Rothbury parishes, on 1 April 2021 the parish was abolished. Landmarks Cartington Castle is a ruinous, partly restored medieval English castle. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. Its first recorded owner was Ralph Fitzmain who held it in 1154. In the late 14th century a pele tower was built. In November 1515 Margaret, Queen of Scots, with her baby daughter Margaret stayed here on her journey south from Harbottle Castle. Nearly ten years later, Lord Dacre stationed his troops here on a march north to join the Earl of Surrey. The castle continued to be occupied until finally abandoned in the 1860s. In 1887 Lord Armstrong partially restored the castle in order to prevent its complete disintegration. In the south of the former parish is Cragside, a country house maintained by the National Trust, that was the first house in the world to be lit by hydro-electric power. References External links Villages in Northumberland Former civil parishes in Northumberland