Bywell

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Bywell
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Bywell
Location within Northumberland
Population451 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference NZ045615
Civil parish
  • Bywell
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STOCKSFIELD
Postcode district NE43
Dialling code 01661
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
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Northumberland
54°56′53″N1°55′48″W / 54.948°N 1.930°W / 54.948; -1.930

Bywell is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham and Newcastle. The parish has a population of around 380 and Newton to the north is now its most populous settlement. [2]

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Name

Bywell means bend in the river: it is situated on a bend on the River Tyne.

Governance

Bywell is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

Bywell is in the electoral ward of Stocksfield and Bywell for Northumberland County Council elections.

Landmarks

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St Peter's
The tide dial at St Peter's Bywell St. Peter - scratch clock - geograph.org.uk - 1570705.jpg
The tide dial at St Peter's

Bywell Hall is an imposing house of 1766 by James Paine.

Bywell Castle is a gatehouse tower built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland.

There are two churches in Bywell.

The high garden wall to the south-west of the old vicarage is known locally as the "spite wall". It was built to hide the vicarage from the view of the Hall. When the village of Bywell was cleared, the vicar could not be made to leave.

Landowners

Lord and Lady Allendale own much of the land surrounding Bywell. They also own most of Bywell itself, therefore a substantial amount of the village is not open to the public.[ clarification needed ]

Transport

Rail

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Stocksfield railway station

The village is served by Stocksfield railway station on the Tyne Valley Line. The line was fully opened in 1838, and links the city of Newcastle upon Tyne with Carlisle in Cumbria. The line follows the course of the River Tyne through Northumberland.

Passenger services on the Tyne Valley Line are operated by Northern. The line is also used for freight.

The station is about 1 mile (1.6 km) away on the south side of the River Tyne, in the village of Stocksfield.

Road

Bywell is about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from the A69 dual carriageway, to which it is connected by the B6309.

Education

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Northumberland County Show, 2016

Bywell is in the catchment area for Ovingham First School, despite Broomley First school in Stocksfield being closer. Bywell is in the catchment area for Ovingham Middle School and Prudhoe Community High School. Mowden Hall School is a private preparatory school in Newton Hall, in the north of Bywell Parish. [4]

Events

Each year in May, Lord and Lady Allendale hold a hunter trial course in aid of the Charlotte Straker Project.

Since 2013 the Northumberland County Show has been held around in the grounds of Bywell Hall.


Notable people

See also

References

  1. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. Newton and Bywell Community Website. About the parish.
  3. 1 2 Rowland, T. H. (1994). Waters of Tyne (Reprint ed.). Warkworth, Northumberland, England: Sandhill Press Ltd. ISBN   0-946098-36-0.
  4. Mowden Hall School.