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Belford has an active local history society which has published a series of books in recent years, the latest being 'Bygone Belford' (2010). In 1995 the society carried out A Survey of Belford. A booklet was published and the text of the survey is available online (see external links).
Belford Hall is a Grade I listed building, an 18th-century mansion house situated at Belford, Northumberland. The Dixons, of Yorkshire and Northumberland, were Squires of Belford from 1726. Belford Hall was built for Abraham Dixon in 1752, in a Palladian style to a design by architect James Paine .
Westhall Farm, a little to the north-west of the town and approached by a lane from the Wooler road, is the site of a fortified house that was surrounded by a moat, mentioned in a 15th-century document as the Castrum de Belford. [1] [2] The present house was built in 1837 in a castellated Gothic style. [3]
Belford railway station is a disused station situated on the East Coast Main Line between the current Chathill and Berwick-upon-Tweed stations serving the village of Belford. It opened on 29 March 1847, closing on 29 January 1968.
Easington is a place and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belford about 14 miles from Alnwick, in the county of Northumberland, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 143. [1] The parish touched Adderstone with Lucker, Bamburgh, Belford and Middleton. [2] The parish is coastal and stretches from Budle Bay in the east to ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... This is a list of the 166 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Northumberland, England. The ...
Northumberland has a history of revolt and rebellion against the government, as seen in the Rising of the North (1569–1570) against Elizabeth I. These revolts were usually led by the earls of Northumberland, the Percy family. Shakespeare makes one of the Percys, the dashing Harry Hotspur (1364–1403), the hero of his Henry IV, Part 1.
The location was proposed for a station to serve Belford but, in 1846, the local populace organised a petition requesting a station at the eventual site of Belford station. [2] In 1862, passengers attending the Northumberland Agricultural Society's annual show were advised to use this station rather than Belford. [3]