Longframlington is a small 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, located on the
A697
The A697 is a road that can be used an alternative to the A1 for those travelling between Scotland and England via the North East.
Route
It connects Morpeth on the A1 to the A68 at Oxton, near Edinburgh. The road runs via Wooler and Col ...
, north-west of
Morpeth
Morpeth may refer to:
*Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia
** Electoral district of Morpeth, a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales
* Morpeth, Ontario, Canada
* Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK
** Morpeth (UK ...
and south-east of
Rothbury
Rothbury is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is northwest of Morpeth and of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 2,107.
Rothbury emerged as an important town be ...
.
Longframlington is a former pit village and on the site of the pit now stands Fram Park, a log cabin holiday park.
The village was previously the site of the Longframlington Music Festival.
Landmarks
A branch of the
Roman road,
Dere Street
Dere Street or Deere Street is a modern designation of a Roman road which ran north from Eboracum (York), crossing the Stanegate at Corbridge (Hadrian's Wall was crossed at the Portgate, just to the north) and continuing beyond into what is n ...
, known as the Devil's Causeway, passes close by Longframlington, and the mounds visible on the Hall Hill in the angle of the
Pauperhaugh and Weldon Bridge roads may be those of a Roman camp.
Embleton Hall
Embleton Hall is a country manor house in the small ex-mining village of Longframlington, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
The house was originally built in 1730 but has been extended several times since then. From the ...
is a country
manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
which was built around 1730 and is a Grade II
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
Religious sites
The church of St Mary the Virgin dates from the late 12th century and until 1891 was a
chapel of ease to
Felton; since that date Longframlington has been an independent parish. The church was carefully restored in the late 19th century retaining its fine
Norman chancel arch.
St Mary the Virgin
Retrieved 17 November 2008
The church is identified as being dedicated to St. Laurence on maps of Longframlington shown on website Communities.Northumberland.gov.uk (Longframlington - Ordnance maps) dated 1897 and 1920.
References
External links
The Swarland Chronicles: Independent Online Magazine
(Accessed: 17 November 2008)
(Accessed: 17 November 2008)
Villages in Northumberland
{{Northumberland-geo-stub