Ogle is a village in and former

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, now in the parish of

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, England, north-west of

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and south-west of Morpeth. The surname ''Ogle'' comes from here, where the

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built Ogle Castle and owned Kirkley Hall. In 1951 the parish had a population of 122.

Governance

Ogle was formerly a

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in Whalton parish, from 1866 Ogle was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Whalton.

Landmarks

Ogle Castle is a former fortified manor house and is a

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and a

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. The moated site on the bank of the Ogle Burn presents the remains of a medieval tower incorporated into a 16th-century manor.

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the manor was granted to Robert Ogle in 1341.

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granted a deed to Humphrey de Hoggell (Ogle) to enjoy ''all the liberties and royalties of his manor'' after the conquest. The

held the estate from before the

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until 1597 when it passed by marriage to the

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and later to Hollis. Kirkley Hall, a 17th-century historic country mansion and

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situated on the bank of the River Blyth, is now a

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and

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training centre. The manor of Kirkley was granted to the de Eure family in 1267 and Sir William Eure was recorded as in occupation of a

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there in 1415. In the early 17th century the manor came into the ownership of the

and in 1632 Cuthbert Ogle built a new

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close to the site of the old house. Substantial alterations were made to the structure in 1764 by Rev Newton Ogle (1726–1804), Dean of

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, who also in 1788 erected an

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in the grounds commemorating the accession of

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and

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in 1689. The house was substantially rebuilt by Rev John Saville Ogle in about 1832. The Ogles disposed of their Kirkley estates in 1922. The Hall which passed to Sir William Noble (later Lord Kirkley) was damaged by fire in 1929 and largely rebuilt by him on a somewhat reduced scale. In 1946 the estate was acquired by the Northumberland County Council and in 1951 Kirkley Hall Farm Institute was established. In 1999 the estate became the land studies campus of Northumberland College.

Etymology

This unusual place name can be most plausibly explained as being derived from the

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meaning ''Ocga's hill''. Ogle is less likely to have been derived from

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''huchel'', 'high', typically indicating an elevated area of land.

Notable people

Notable members of the Ogle family connected with Kirkley include: *

Chaloner Ogle Admiral of the Fleet Sir Chaloner Ogle KB (1681 – 11 April 1750) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. After serving as a junior officer during the Nine Years' War, a ship he was commanding was captured by three French ships off Ostend i ...

(1681–1750), Admiral (Royal Navy) * Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet (1726–1816), Admiral (Royal Navy)

References

* ''A History of Northumberland'' (1929) Miss MH Dodds. Vol XII pp 493–509. Kirkley and Ogles of Kirkley.
Keys to the Past. Kirkley Hall
* ''Ogle: a Northumbrian Village Past & Present'' (2001), Ogle Millennium Group, 64pp.

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