Baybridge is a small village in
Northumberland
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, England, just to the west of
Blanchland and on the border with
County Durham
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. It is situated to the west of
Consett
Consett is a town in the County Durham (district), County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of County Durham, Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in ...
and the
Derwent Reservoir, between Newbiggin and
Blanchland. Baybridge is approximately 100 miles from Edinburgh, Scotland, and historically home to Northumbrian border pipers.
The Methodist chapel, dated 1867, was possibly designed by
S.S. Teulon (he designed a number of buildings in nearby
Hunstanworth).
An inn, the Miners’ Arms, (now a private house) was built in the late 18th century and reflects the role of lead mining in the area. In 1866 this was the scene of a riot between local miners and Cornish miners over favouritism shown to the local miners.
Governance
Baybridge is in the
parliamentary
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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 ...
.
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Villages in Northumberland
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