Chathill is a hamlet and former
civil parish, now in the parish of
Ellingham, in
Northumberland, England. It is about north of
Alnwick
Alnwick ( ) is a market town in Northumberland, England, of which it is the traditional county town. The population at the 2011 Census was 8,116.
The town is on the south bank of the River Aln, south of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Scottish bor ...
and inland from the
North Sea coast. It is served by
Chathill railway station
Chathill is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between and . The station, situated north of Newcastle, serves the hamlet of Chathill, and surrounding coastal villages of Beadnell and Seahouses in Northumberland, England ...
.
It is on the main road serving Seahouses and the northern coast. In 1951 the parish had a population of 59.
Chathill is home to
Preston Pele Tower, built between 1392 and 1399. One of its former owners was Sir Guiscard Harbottle of Beamish, who was killed at the Battle of
Flodden. The tower has a clock, installed in 1864, which features mechanisms similar to
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, and the name is frequently extended to refer also to the clock and the clock tower. The officia ...
.
Governance
Chathill is in the
parliamentary constituency of
Berwick-upon-Tweed. Chathill was formerly a
township in Ellingham parish, from 1866 Chathill was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Ellingham.
References
External links
Hamlets in Northumberland
Former civil parishes in Northumberland
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