Cartington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thropton, in Northumberland, England. It is about south west of Alnwick, and about north west of Rothbury. In 2019 it had an adult population of 95, after having returned a population of 97 in 2001. History Although there is reason to suppose that the history of Cartington can be traced on the strength of its place-name to the Early Middle Ages, Cartington is not named until the Pipe Roll dated 1233 as Kertindon, a holding of the King's Forester, Ralph Fitz-Main. This family remained significant in the township, but increasingly land within it was held by another family, called the de Beaumains, who in time changed their name to Cartington, and eventually took over the manor here. The Cartington family remained influential until the death of John de Cartington in 1494, after which it passed through marriage to Sir Edward Radcliffe of Derwentwater. In 1601 it transferred as the dowry of Mary Radcliffe on her marriage to Roger Widdrington. In 1515 it was briefly visited by the Scottish queen, Margaret Tudor, where she rested for four days (having recently given birth to a daughter, also called Margaret, later Lady Lennox) on her way further south to safety. It was noted at the time that she was unable to cope with travelling in a horse-drawn litter, so she was instead carried by servants of Lord Dacre. The Widdringtons espoused the Royalist cause in the English Civil Wars, with Roger Widdrington supporting the King's Army during the Bishops' Wars of 1639, and his son, Sir Edward Widdrington, raised a brigade of two thousand foot and two hundred horse which served under the Marquis of Newcastle. After the defeat at Marston Moor he went into exile, not returning until the Restoration. Cartington remained in his wife's hands, and the family remained loyal to the King's cause, for in 1648 a Major Sanderson, serving under Parliament, made a raid across Northumberland to take by surprise a scattered remnant of a Royalist force, with the final action being at Cartington Castle, where Sir Richard Tempest was surprised and laid siege to for two hours before being captured. Subsequently the family were sequestered for their support of the King; being fined £400 for giving intelligence to the King's party and with Cartington Castle being slighted to prevent its further use. By the early