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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 recorded Berwick's population as 12,043.
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Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne. The island was originally home to a monastery, which was destroyed during the Viking invasions but re-established as a priory following the Norman Conquest of England. Other notable sites built on the island are St Mary the Virgin parish church (originally b

Alnwick
Alnwick ( ) is a market town in Northumberland, England, of which it is the traditional county town. The population at the 2021 Census was 8,430.
Morpeth
town in Northumberland, England

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 administrative centre for the Tynedale district from 1974 to 2009. In 2011, it had a population of 13,097.

Ashington
Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the south by the River Wansbeck. Many inhabitants have a distinctive accent and dialect known as Pitmatic. This varies from the regional dialect known as Geordie.

Bamburgh
Bamburgh ( ) is a village and civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England. It had a population of 454 in 2001, decreasing to 414 at the 2011 census.

Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, east of Carlisle and west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 3,811 at the 2011 Census.
Blyth
town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England

Cramlington
Cramlington is a new town and civil parish in Northumberland. It is north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The name suggests a probable founding by the Danes or Anglo-Saxons.

Corbridge
Corbridge is a village in Northumberland, England, west of Newcastle and east of Hexham. Villages nearby include Halton, Acomb, Aydon and Sandhoe.
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Rothbury
Rothbury is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is north-west of Morpeth and north of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,107.

Prudhoe
Prudhoe ( ) is a town and civil parish in the south of Northumberland, England. It is west of Newcastle upon Tyne and situated on a steep, north-facing hill on the south bank of the River Tyne. Prudhoe had a population of 11,675 at the 2011 census, making it the second largest town in the Tyne Valley after Hexham.
Wooler
Wooler ( ) is a town in Northumberland, England on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, near the Cheviot Hills. It is a popular base for walkers and is referred to as the "Gateway to the Cheviots". As well as shops and public houses, the town has a youth hostel, hotels and campsites. It lies on the St Cuthbert's Way long-distance footpath between Melrose Abbey and Lindisfarne.
Wylam
Wylam is a village and civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. It is located about west of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a seaside town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located on the North Sea coast.

Alnmouth
Alnmouth (, /jelməθ/) is a coastal village in Northumberland, England, situated east-south-east of Alnwick. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 562, reducing to 445 at the 2011 Census.

Rochester
village in Northumberland, England
Otterburn
village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, UK
Acomb
village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, UK

Bellingham
village and civil parish in Northumberland, England

Acklington
Acklington is a small village in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the south-west of Amble, inland from the North Sea coast. It is served by Acklington railway station. The name is Anglo-Saxon Old English meaning 'farmstead of Eadlac's people'.

Ponteland
Ponteland ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Akeld
Akeld is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated around to the west of Wooler and from the border with Scotland at Coldstream. The village lies on the northern limit of Northumberland National Park and on the foot of the Cheviot Hills massif. It is overlooked by Akeld Hill and Harehope Hill to the south. In 2001 Akeld had a population of 82, increasing at the 2011 Census to 221, although this was partly due to the parish merging with that of Kirknewton. The burn which runs through the village and down to the Milfield Basin also bears the name Akeld.

Bardon Mill
village in Northumberland, England, UK

Allendale Town
village in Allendale civil parish, Northumberland, England

Alnham
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Norham
Norham ( ) is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south-west of Berwick on the south side of the River Tweed where it is the border with Scotland.
Newton-by-the-Sea
Newton-by-the-Sea is a civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. The parish is about 8 miles northwest of Alnwick, and lies on the coast between the larger settlements of Embleton and Seahouses. Newton-by-the-Sea is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The population of the parish in the 2011 United Kingdom census was 212. The area of the parish is

Heddon-on-the-Wall
Heddon-on-the-Wall is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located on Hadrian's Wall. Heddon-on-the-Wall is roughly west of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, and just outside Throckley. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1563. The place-name 'Heddon' means 'hill where heather grew'.
Rothley
village and civil parish in Northumberland, UK
Ellingham
village and civil parish in Northumberland, England

Blanchland
Blanchland is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the County Durham boundary. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 135.
Meldon
village and civil parish in Northumberland, UK
Kilham
village and civil parish in Northumberland, United Kingdom

Bywell
Bywell is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham and Newcastle. The parish has a population of around 380 and Newton to the north is now its most populous settlement.

Alwinton
Alwinton (previously named "Allenton" and sometimes still referred to as this) is a village and former parish in Northumberland, England. Alwinton is named after the nearby River Alwin, and means farm on the River Alwin.

Middleton
village and civil parish near Belford, Northumberland, UK

Hebron
village and civil parish in Northumberland, England

Pegswood
Pegswood is a historic mining village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, and the site of the former Pegswood Colliery. Pegswood is two miles (3 km) east of Morpeth and three miles (5 km) west of Ashington, with a population of around 3,280. Pegswood is on a small hill above the valley in which Morpeth is situated, close to the River Wansbeck and to the small stream Brocks Burn.
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.

Embleton
village and civil parish in Northumberland, United Kingdom

Wark
village on the River Tyne, Northumberland, England
Belford
village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, UK

Longhorsley
Longhorsley is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Morpeth, and about south of Alnwick. The A697 road passes through the village linking it with Morpeth, Wooler and Coldstream in Scotland. There are 8 "Streets" in Longhorsley: Whitegates, Church View, Drummonds Close, South Road, West Road, East Road and Reivers Gate, Wilding Place and (Davison Court within Wilding Place).The village is bordered on the north by the River Coquet. The village formerly lay in three separate townships: Bigges Quarter, Freeholders Quarter and Riddells Quarter.
Sandhoe
Sandhoe is a hamlet and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It lies about 3 kilometres (2 mi) northwest of Corbridge and 3 kilometres south of Hadrian's Wall. The parish touches Acomb, Corbridge, Hexham and Wall.
== History ==
The name "Sandhoe" means 'Sandy hill-spur'. Sandhoe is a deserted medieval village, the village was first recorded in the 13th century but by 1769 it had completely disappeared and is now covered by modern housing. Sandhoe was formerly a township in the parish of St. John-Lee, in 1866 Sandhoe became a civil parish in its own right.

Kyloe
Kyloe is a civil parish in the county of Northumberland, about south-east of Berwick-upon-Tweed. According to the parish council, the main centres of population are Fenwick, Beal, and Berrington (in the western "panhandle" of the parish). In 2011 it had a population of 338.
Denwick
Denwick is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, located about north-east of Alnwick.
Horsley
village and civil parish near Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
Stannington
village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Ovingham
Ovingham is a village and civil parish in the Tyne Valley of south Northumberland, England. It lies on the River Tyne east of Hexham with neighbours Prudhoe, Ovington, Wylam and Stocksfield.

Belsay
Belsay is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village is about from Ponteland on the A696, which links the village with Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh. The population of the civil parish was 436 at the 2001 census, increasing to 518 at the 2011 Census.
Chillingham
village and civil parish in Northumberland, UK
Hepscott
Hepscott is a small village in the county of Northumberland, England, about south east of Morpeth, the county town.

Ingram
village and civil parish in Northumberland, United Kingdom
Nunnykirk
Nunnykirk is a settlement and civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 160.

Stamfordham
Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. The place-name Stamfordham is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for 1188, where it appears as Stanfordhamn, which roughly translates as 'village at the stony ford'.
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Snitter
Snitter is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is near the Northumberland National Park. The closest town is Rothbury.

Capheaton
Capheaton is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, about to the northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. The population at the 2001 census was 160, increasing to 175 at the 2011 Census. It was built as a planned model village in the late eighteenth century. The name Capheaton derives from Caput Heaton, i.e., Heaton Magna, nearby Kirkheaton being the original Heaton Parva.
Felton
village and civil parish in Northumberland, England