Hesleyhurst

Hesleyhurst

Hesleyhurst

Human settlement in England

Hesleyhurst is a civil parish in the county of Northumberland in England. At the 2011 Census the population was only minimal. It is served by a joint parish council with nearby Brinkburn.[2]

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History

Hesleyhurst is a sparsely populated hamlet.[3] During the British Iron Age, there was a hillfort in the area but it had gone out of use after the Romans had invaded.[4] Due to constant raids from border reivers in the 13th century, defensive bastle farmhouses were constructed to defend the local population.[4] The modern hamlet is based around Embleton Terrace, which was constructed in 1926 to house coal miners at the nearby Lee Colliery, which had been abandoned a year prior due to flooding. The lease to the land was sold in 1929 with “TGR with 30 cotts and bldgs erctd thron” (30 cottages and building erected thereon) for £1,500 to colliery owner Charles Nelson who then sold it for £2,300 to John Snaith.[5]

Hesleyhurst was originally within Rothbury parish in the 19th century but eventually split to become its own independent parish.[6] Though Hesleyhurst is its own parish, it is governed by a joint parish council with neighbouring Brinkburn. Together they run the council which meets four times a year, with five members elected by Brinkburn residents and two elected by Hesleyhurst residents.[2] It is also within the jurisdiction of Northumberland County Council after Alnwick District council was dissolved.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Parish population 2001". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Brinkburn and Hesleyhurst Parish Council". Newcastle University. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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    "Low Hesleyhurst, Northumberland". Newcastle University. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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    "Brinkburn and Hesleyhurst (Northumberland)". Northumberland County Council. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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    "Brinkburn and Hesleyhurst". Northumberlandparishes.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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    "History of Hesleyhurst, in Alnwick and Northumberland". Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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