Hepburn is a hamlet and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Chillingham in the county of
Northumberland
Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ...
, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 43.
Etymology
The standard authorities give ''Hepburn'' as in origin an
Old English
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
name deriving from ''heah'' 'high' + ''byrgen'' 'burial mound'.
Governance
Hepburn was formerly a
township
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in the parish of Chillingham, in 1866 Hepburn became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Chillingham.
From 1974 to 2009 it was in
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...
district.
See also
*
Bewick and Beanley Moors SSSI
References
External links
Hamlets in Northumberland
Former civil parishes in Northumberland
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