Chillingham is a village in

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, England. It is situated approximately to the east of

Wooler Wooler ( ) is a town in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, near the Cheviot Hills. It is a popular base for walkers and is referred to as the "Gateway to the Cheviots". As well as many shops and ...

, south of

Chatton Chatton is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is roughly to the east of Wooler. History Chatton has been occupied for many centuries. There has been a church on the site since the twelfth century. There is evidence of occupation ...

. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100. Detailed information is included in the parish of Bewick. Chillingham is famous for its

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, which is said to be haunted, and the Chillingham Cattle, a wild herd of roughly 90 individuals which has been kept in an enclosure since the Middle Ages and strictly

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for at least 300 years. The village contains Hebborn

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, a fortified house near Hepburn Wood. HMS ''Chillingham'', a

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, was named after the village. The

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, along with those for

and Lilburn, has been served by Tillside Parish Council since 2003, under a grouping order by the former

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. According to Tillside Parish Council, two councillors represent Chillingham on the council.Tillside Parish Council
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Notable people

* George Thorp, a

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officer whose short but heroic career ended in his death aged 19 in the assault on Santa Cruz, Tenerife led by

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on 25 July 1797, was born in Chillingham on 9 September 1777. He was baptised on 7 October 1777 in the parish church, where his father Robert Thorp MA, DD (later Archdeacon of Northumberland) was rector as had earlier been his grandfather Thomas Thorp. *The Irish composer

Charles Villiers Stanford Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic music, Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was ed ...

wrote a song titled "Chillingham", serenading the beauty and peace of the landscape. * John Sandford (1832–1892), cricketer and judicial commissioner of

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and

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(Accessed: 1 November 2008) Villages in Northumberland Civil parishes in Northumberland {{Northumberland-geo-stub

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