Acomb, Northumberland

For the suburb within the City of York, see Acomb, North Yorkshire.

Acomb
Acomb rooftops
Acomb Location within Northumberland
Population	1,184 (2001 census) [1]
OS grid reference	NY931664
Unitary authority	Northumberland
Ceremonial county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEXHAM
Postcode district	NE46
Dialling code	01434
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Hexham
List of places UK England Northumberland 54°59′31″N2°06′32″W / 54.992°N 2.109°W / 54.992; -2.109

Acomb is a village in the south of Northumberland, England. ^[2] The population at the 2001 Census was 1,184 increasing to 1,268 at the 2011 Census. ^[3] It is situated to the north of Hexham, ^[4] not far from the junction of the A69 road and A6079 road. The name is Anglo-Saxon Old English acum, 'at the oak trees'. The traditional pronunciation of the name was "Yeckam". ^[5]

History

Some Bronze Age cists have been discovered in this vicinity. ^[6] Hadrian's Wall runs about 1 mile (1.5 km) to the NE of Acomb, where the site of Chesters Roman Fort is located.

Governance

Acomb is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

Economy

In 1886, the coal mine at Acomb employed 200 workers, and 51,000 tons of coal per year were raised. ^[7]

Religious sites

The Church of St John Lee is a church dedicated to St John of Beverley, reportedly a local hermit and worker of miracles. There was a medieval church, but it was rebuilt in 1818 by John Dobson and expanded by Hicks^{[ who? ]} in 1885. In 1765, Robert Scott, a Northumbrian piper, was marrying Jean Middlemas. Scott used crutches to walk, but on his wedding day he walked from his home village of Wall, Northumberland to the church without his crutches. He walked back again with a group of fellow pipers. ^[7]

References

1. "Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics". Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
2. United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, NY, Landranger (2004)
3. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 27 January 2016.
4. Acomb, Northumberland Local History Archived 7 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. P. H. Reaney (1969). The Origin of English Place Names. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 44–5. ISBN   0-7100-2010-4.
6. "Site Details". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
7. Rowland, T. H. (1994). Waters of Tyne (Reprint ed.). Warkworth, Northumberland, England: Sandhill Press Ltd. ISBN   0-946098-36-0.

External links

• GENUKI
• Northumberland Communities