Howick ( ) is a village and former

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, now in the parish of

Longhoughton Longhoughton is a small rural village in Northumberland, England. It lies near the coast, about northeast of Alnwick, in the similarly named parish of Longhoughton. The village lies under the spectacular whinstone outcrop, Ratcheugh Crag, nea ...

, in

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, England, between Boulmer and Craster. It is just inland from the

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, into which Howick Burn flows from Howick Hall. In 1951, the parish had a population of 246.

Governance

On 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Longhoughton.

Landmarks

Howick Hall was the seat of the

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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. As prime minister, Grey w ...

, after whom the famous tea is named. The original

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was specially blended by a Chinese mandarin to suit the water at Howick, and was later marketed by

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. Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum are open to the public. Howick is the namesake of the nearby Mesolithic Howick house archaeological site.

Notable people

, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after whom the tea is named, had his seat at Howick Hall. * Fred Taylor, Halley Professor of Physics at Oxford University, grew up in the village from age 5.

Notes

References

External links

Howick Hall Gardens site

(Accessed: 22 November 2008) Villages in Northumberland Populated coastal places in Northumberland Former civil parishes in Northumberland Longhoughton {{Northumberland-geo-stub