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Milfield
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Milfield is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Wooler. The A697 road passes through the village.
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- Locality
- Milfield
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Milfield
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.shire_county
- Northumberland
- UK place.shire_district
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Northumberland
- UK place.population
- 315
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.post_town
- WOOLER
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE71
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT935335
- UK place.static_image_name
- Old RAF Buildings - Milfield - geograph.org.uk - 623696.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Old RAF Buildings, Milfield
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Milfield is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Wooler. The A697 road passes through the village.
== History == Milfield is the likely location of the Northumbrian royal settlement of Maelmin. According to Bede, a residence was built at Maelmin to supersede Edwin of Northumbria's residence of Ad-Gefrin at Yeavering. Evidence of a high-status Anglo-Saxon settlement at Milfield strongly suggests that this is the location of Maelmin, because of its proximity to Yeavering. Maelmin has been identified as a Brittonic place name with a probable meaning of 'decayed edge', though other Brittonic etymologies are also possible.
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