Beltingham

Coordinates: 54°57′58″N 2°20′13″W / 54.966°N 2.337°W / 54.966; -2.337
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Beltingham
Victorian postbox at Beltingham
Beltingham is located in Northumberland
Beltingham
Beltingham
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNY785635
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHEXHAM
Postcode districtNE47
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
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Northumberland
54°57′58″N 2°20′13″W / 54.966°N 2.337°W / 54.966; -2.337

Beltingham /ˈbɛltɪndʒəm/[1] is a small village on the River South Tyne in Northumberland, in England. It is situated 1 mile (2 km) southeast of Bardon Mill and 10 miles (16 km) to the west of Hexham. In the village, stone houses surround a small green with flowering gardens. There is a Georgian house near the church, and another nearby looks as if it was once a bastle house.[2]


Governance

Beltingham is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.


Religious sites

The church is dedicated to

Capability Brown. Both had served the Marquis of Bath at Longleat. Hedley was inspired to improve vicarage gardens as well as to search for antiquities.[2]

Standing halfway between Ridley bridge and Willimoteswick, the little church stands above a burn, making it look like an island, and clustered round the green and the lych-gate are the few houses and the village school. This church, another dedicated to St. Cuthbert, was founded in Saxon days but little of the Saxon building remains. The church we know today was restored at the end of Queen Victoria's reign by Francis Bowes-Lyon, who was an uncle of

leper's squint is still there, to remind us that in the Dark Ages the outcasts were banned from the house of God.[3]

"Churchyards can be little havens for wildlife, as they are often quiet and undisturbed." Ancient yews offered a sanctuary for the region's wildlife, one of which [in St Cuthbert's churchyard] is believed to be up to 2,000 years old.[4]

See also


References

  1. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 13.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-946098-36-0
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  3. OCLC 503957631
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  4. ^ "Spotlight on churchyard's ancient sacred yew trees". Hexham Courant. No. 24 April 2009. p. 8.

External links

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