Stakeford is a large village in south east

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, England. Its about north of

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. It lies south of the

River Wansbeck The River Wansbeck runs through the county of Northumberland, England. It rises above Sweethope Lake, Lough on the edge of Fourlaws Forest in the area known locally as The Wanneys (Great Wanney Crag, Little Wanney Crag; thus the "Wanneys Beck") ...

from

Ashington Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...

, the nearest town. The village takes its name from the former river crossing to the north of the village, this was a crossing through the mudflats which was marked with stakes to give an idea of the water depth, hence the name Stakeford. The river crossing has long gone, but remains of the stakes can be seen in the river bed becoming visible whenever the dam downstream is opened. The old river crossing was replaced by a bridge in the early 20th century, which in itself was replaced by the new Stakeford Bridge in 1994. There is now no trace of the original ford due to the mudflats being used as a landfill site in the 1950s and 60s and the creation of a riverside country park in the 1970s. It is a mainly residential village. There are three pubs and a Social Club. There is also a miners' institute although it never had a mine as this was located in the adjacent village of Bomarsund. Stakeford has several shops and a primary school. Today Stakeford forms one built-up area, with neighbouring

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and Sheepwash.

Notable people

John Trewick John Trewick (born 3 June 1957) is an English association football, football coach and former midfielder. He was first team coach at Hereford United F.C., Hereford United from 2004 to 2009. After the relegation of Hereford United to League Two, T ...

, professional footballer for Newcastle United in the early 1980s * Mick Harrison and Tim Pattison, bassist and drummer for Leicester-based '90s indie/punk rock/krautrock/shoegaze band,

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, grew up in Stakeford *

Darren Allison Darren Allison (born May 1968, Ashington, Northumberland, England) is an English record producer, musician, and audio engineer, best known for his production work with artists such as Spiritualized,Kempster, Chris "Studio secrets of the stars ...

, internationally renowned record producer and musician.

Governance

The village is in

Choppington Choppington is a large village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated 5 miles to the south-east of Morpeth, and north of Bedlington. It was at one time part of the three big mid-Northumberland collieries (Ashington, Bo ...

parish. It also has an

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in its own name. This is mainly a ward of Choppington but includes a portion of

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. The total ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 4,672.

References

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