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Hepburn is a hamlet and former
Hepburn is a hamlet and former civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
, now in the civil parish of Chillingham in the county of 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 on ...
, England. The civil parish was merged into Chillingham in 1935. In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 43.
Etymology
The standard authorities give ''Hepburn'' as in origin anOld English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
name deriving from ''heah'' 'high' + ''byrgen'' 'burial mound'.Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', ''The Heroic Age'', 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).
See also
*Bewick and Beanley Moors SSSI
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Bewick and Beanley Moors is the name given to a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Northumberland, in the north-east of England. The moors are asserted to be of national importance by Natural England for the extent, qu ...
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Hamlets in Northumberland Former civil parishes in Northumberland {{Northumberland-geo-stub