Chollerton is a village in
Northumberland, England, on the
A6079 road
The A6079 is a road in Northumberland, northern England, that runs eight miles (13 km) from Hexham to the A68 road.
Route
The road begins in Hexham before overlapping the A69 for 0.7 miles, then passing the villages of Acomb and Wall p ...
about to the north of
Hexham
Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden, Northumberland, Warden nearby, and ...
, 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 Water ...
. Nearby villages include
Low Brunton and
Humshaugh. 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
Saint Giles (, la, Aegidius, french: Gilles), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 6th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly lege ...
, 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 constituency of
Hexham
Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden, Northumberland, Warden nearby, and ...
.
Transport
Chollerton was served by Chollerton railway station on the
Border Counties Railway
The Border Counties Railway was a railway line connecting in Northumberland, with on the Waverley Route in Roxburghshire.
Its promoter had hopes of exploiting mineral resources in the area, and it was taken up by the North British Railway, ...
which linked the
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near
Hexham
Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden, Northumberland, Warden nearby, and ...
, with the
Border Union Railway
The Border Union Railway was a railway line which connected places in the south of Scotland and Cumberland in England. It was authorised on 21 July 1859 and advertised as the Waverley Route by the promoters - the North British Railway.Awdry (199 ...
at
Riccarton Junction in Scotland. The first section of the route was opened between
Hexham
Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden, Northumberland, Warden nearby, and ...
and
Chollerford
Chollerford is a village in Northumberland, England, approximately four miles (seven km) north of Hexham (via the A6079 road) on the B6318, the Military Road, not far from Hadrian's Wall. There is a roundabout in the village where the B6318 and B ...
in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by
British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...
ways 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
Hadrian's Wall ( la, Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Hadriani'' in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. R ...
*
Low Brunton
References
Further reading
External links
GENUKI(accessed: 12 November 2008)
Villages in Northumberland
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