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High Buston

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High Buston is a small hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Alnmouth, in Northumberland, England, on Northumberland coast situated between Alnmouth and Warkworth. High Buston Hall is a Grade II listed Georgian manor house, built about 1784. In 1951 the parish had a population of 55.

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N 55.37 ° E -1.631 °
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