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Bellingham, Northumberland
Bellingham ( ) is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, to the north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne and is situated on the Hareshaw Burn at its confluence with the River North Tyne. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1334. Features Famous as a stopping point on the Pennine Way trail, it is popular with walkers and cyclists. Nearby is the Hareshaw Linn, a waterfall and the site of early coke blast furnaces. The village's local newspaper is the ''Hexham Courant''. There is an 18-hole golf course which was established in 1893. The Heritage Centre is the local museum. It has exhibitions on the Border Counties Railway, the Border reivers, mining, farming, the photography of W P Collier, and the Stannersburn Smithy. It has a database of local family names and one of old photographs. It also holds special exhibitions of historical or artistic interest, and readings and performances by poets, storytellers, musicians and dancers. St Cuthbert's The Grade-I listed Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland County Council
Northumberland County Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Northumberland in North East England. Since 2009 it has been a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, having also taken over district-level functions when the county's districts were abolished. The council has been under no overall control since 2021, being led by a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative minority administration. It is based at County Hall, Morpeth. Since 2024 the council has been a member of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority. History Elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888, taking over administrative functions previously carried out by unelected magistrates at the quarter sessions. The city of Newcastle upon Tyne had been a county corporate since 1400 with its own quarter sessions, and Newcastle's independence from the county was maintained by making it a county borough. The county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bellingham most commonly refers to * Bellingham, Washington * Jude Bellingham * Bellingham (surname) Bellingham may also refer to: Places Australia * Bellingham, Tasmania, coastal hamlet in Northern Tasmania United Kingdom * Bellingham, London, neighbourhood in the London Borough of Lewisham ** Bellingham (Lewisham ward), an electoral ward of Lewisham London Borough Council created in 1964 * Bellingham, Northumberland, village United States * Bellingham, Massachusetts, a town in Norfolk County ** Bellingham (CDP), Massachusetts, a census-designated place within the town * Bellingham, Minnesota, a city in Lac qui Parle County * Bellingham, Washington, a city in Whatcom County ** Bellingham Bay, bay in Washington Other uses * Bellingham (surname) * Bellingham baronets, three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bellingham, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain * Bellingham Bells The Bellin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade II* Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is "Record of Protected Structures, protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellingham Town Hall
Bellingham Town Hall is a municipal building in Front Street in Bellingham, Northumberland, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Bellingham Parish Council, is a Grade II listed building. History In the mid-19th century, the local community in Bellingham decided to raise money, through public subscription, concerts and other local fundraising initiatives, for a local events venue. The site they chose was a place formerly known as Mug Hill where markets had once been held. The new building was designed in the Gothic Revival style, built in ashlar stone and was officially opened on 3 March 1862. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto Front Street; the central bay featured a doorway flanked by Tuscan order pilasters supporting a frieze and a cornice. Above the door, there was a panel bearing the coat of arms of the town and, above that, there was a wooden clock turret with a spire and corner spirelets. The turret was donated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Tyne
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek ''boreas'' "north wind, north" which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can mean bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade II Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is " protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to be done on a listed building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellingham Bridge ...
Bellingham Bridge is a stone bridge across the River North Tyne at Bellingham in Northumberland, England. History The bridge, which has four stone arches, was built by John Green and completed in 1834. It is a Grade II listed structure. References {{Authority control Bridges in Northumberland Crossings of the River Tyne Grade II listed bridges Grade II listed buildings in Northumberland Bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simonburn
Simonburn is a small human settlement in Northumberland, England. Early history Simonburn lies to the north of Hadrian's Wall, the most noted Roman monument in Britain. The history of that wall as well as the Roman Stanegate forms the earliest recorded history of the Simonburn vicinity. The length of Hadrian's Wall is 117 kilometres, spanning the width of Britain; the wall incorporates the Vallum, a rearward ditch system, and was constructed chiefly to prevent harrying by small bands of raiders and unwanted immigration from the north, not as a fighting front for a major invasion.Stephen Johnson (2004) ''Hadrian's Wall'', Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, Landmarks Nunwick Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house nearby. The house is a Grade II* listed building. Simonburn Castle was held by the Heron family of Chipchase Castle from the 14th century until it was sold in 1718. The castle was subsequently dismantled by treasure hunters. Notabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wark On Tyne
Wark on Tyne or Wark is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, north of Hexham. History The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for earthworks, and refers to the mound at the south of the village. Wark was once the capital town of Tynedale. A Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age stone circle known as The Goatstones is near Ravensheugh crags in the parish. Wark Town Hall is a Grade II listed building which was completed in 1874. Governance Wark is in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, parliamentary constituency of Hexham (UK Parliament constituency), Hexham. Joe Morris (politician), Joe Morris of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party is the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. Prior to Brexit, for the European Parliament its residents voted to elect Members of the European Parliament, MEPs for the North East England (European Parliament constituency), North East England constituency. For local government purposes, the parish is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorneyburn
Thorneyburn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tarset, in Northumberland, England, to the northwest of Bellingham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 74. Governance Thorneyburn is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham. On 1 April 1958 the parish was abolished to form Tarset. Transport Thorneyburn was served by Thorneyburn railway station on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. 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. Part of the line is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water Kielder Water is a large man-made reservoir in Northumberland in North East England. It is the largest artificial lake in the United Kingdom by capacity of water and it is surrounded by Kielder Forest, one of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greystead
Greystead is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England west of Bellingham. The population as of the 2011 census was less than 100. It shares a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Tarset. Governance Greystead is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham Hexham ( ) is a market town and 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 nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham was the administra .... External links GENUKI(Accessed: 3 December 2008) Villages in Northumberland {{Northumberland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falstone
Falstone is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, just east of Kielder Water. The village is from the Anglo–Scottish border. Much of the village is clustered around its two churches, St. Peter's Anglican and the United Reformed Church. Falstone holds a popular annual agricultural show. Etymology The name ''Falstone'' is first attested in 1255, as ''Faleston''. This derives from the Old English words ''fealu'' 'yellow, grey, mottled' and ''stān'' 'stone; thus it originally meant something like 'speckled stone'. The district of Falstone also once contained a place called ''Powtreuet'', first attested in 1325 as ''Poltrerneth'', whose name comes from the Brittonic language. History On 24 October 1985, near the village, Luftwaffe Panavia Tornado '44+45' of Jagdbombergeschwader 32 crashed, with two aircrew killed, taking part in 'Operation Mallet Blow', Hans Joachim Schimpf and Holger Zacharias. Governance Falstone is in the parliamentary constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
