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Alwinton
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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.
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- AlwintonChurch.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Michael and All Angels
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Alwinton
- UK place.population
- 71
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- UK place.post_town
- MORPETH
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE65
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01669
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT925065
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Governance
- Historical population and surnames
- Religious sites
- Alwinton Border Shepherds Show
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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.
Alwinton lies at the head of the Coquet valley, on the edge of both the Otterburn Army Training Estate and the Northumberland National Park. The village is roughly from the border with Scotland, and about to the west of Alnwick.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alwinton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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