Bamburgh
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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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bamburgh
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 279
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Front Street, Bamburgh - geograph.org.uk - 1899378.jpg
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Bamburgh
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.civil_parish
- Bamburgh
- UK place.population
- 414
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Northumberland
- UK place.post_town
- BAMBURGH
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE69
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01668
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NU1734
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Northumberland
- Population
- 454
- Capital of
- Kingdom of Bernicia
- Image
- Bamburgh2006.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01668
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- Commons category
- Bamburgh
- Commons gallery
- Bamburgh
- postal code
- NE69
- OS grid reference
- NU1734
- inception
- 1910-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- St Aidan's Church
- Governance
- In popular culture
- Notable people
- Photo gallery
- Bamburgh Lighthouse
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Bamburgh was the centre of an independent north Northumbrian territory between 867 and 954. Bamburgh Castle was built by the Normans on the site of an Anglo-Saxon fort. The Victorian era heroine Grace Darling is buried there.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bamburgh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
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