Chollerton is a village in
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey.
It is bordered by land ...
, England, on the
A6079 road about to the north of
Hexham, on the
River North Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wat ...
. Nearby villages include
Low Brunton
Low Brunton is a small village in Northumberland, England. Nearby settlements include Humshaugh, Chollerford and Walwick.
Early history
Hadrian's Wall runs just south of Low Brunton, with the remains of Brunton Turret (26b), just ov ...
and
Humshaugh
Humshaugh () is a parish near Hexham in Northumberland, England. The village had a population of 622 in the 2011 census, and is just north of Chollerford, which is located near Chesters Fort (Cilurnum) on Hadrian's Wall and is about 21 miles wes ...
. The village has a fine example of a
mounting block A mounting block, horse block, carriage stone, or in Scots a loupin'-on stane is an assistance for mounting and dismounting a horse or cart.
Usage and locations
Mounting blocks were especially useful for women riding sidesaddle or pillion, that ...
standing at the churchyard gate.
[''Book of the British Countryside''. London: Drive Publications, (1973). p. 302.]
The church, built around the 12th century from local stone quarried from nearby, is dedicated to
Saint Giles, and is noteworthy for the four large Roman columns built into its south aisle. These are believed to have been brought from the Roman fort of
Chesters a couple of miles downstream.
Chollerton is also a registration sub-district in Northumberland; its population in 1851 was 5024 people.
The etymology of the name Chollerton is uncertain; possibly it is from the Old English "Ceolferth's tun" but more likely it meant "tun by Ceolan ford or Ceolford", if so "Ceolford" meant "Ceola's ford" (i.e. modern Chollerford).
Governance
Chollerton is in the
parliamentary
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...
constituency of
Hexham.
Transport
Chollerton was served by Chollerton railway station on the
Border Counties Railway which linked the
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway (N&CR) was an English railway company formed in 1825 that built a line from Newcastle upon Tyne on Britain's east coast, to Carlisle, on the west coast. The railway began operating mineral trains in 1834 between ...
, near
Hexham, with the
Border Union Railway at
Riccarton Junction in Scotland. The first section of the route was opened between
Hexham and
Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by
British Railways in 1956.
The station still stands and is now in use as a private house. Also still standing is a small viaduct over the road into the village.
Landmarks
A mile to the south-east, Cocklaw Tower is a ruined late 14th or early 15th-century tower house.
See also
*
Hadrian's Wall
*
Low Brunton
Low Brunton is a small village in Northumberland, England. Nearby settlements include Humshaugh, Chollerford and Walwick.
Early history
Hadrian's Wall runs just south of Low Brunton, with the remains of Brunton Turret (26b), just ov ...
References
Further reading
External links
GENUKI(accessed: 12 November 2008)
Villages in Northumberland
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