Easington, Northumberland

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Easington
Location within Northumberland
Area11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population143 (2011 census)
•  Density 13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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Northumberland
55°36′23″N1°48′35″W / 55.606505°N 1.8097132°W / 55.606505; -1.8097132

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 Chesters Hill. [3]

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Features

There are 9 listed buildings in Easington. [4]

History

The name 'Easington' means "Farm/settlement at or called Yesing", Yesing meaning "the gushing one", a stream-name. [5] Easington is a deserted medieval village; the village existed in 1296 but by the 18th century it was only 2 farms. [6] Easington was formerly a township in the parish of Belford; [7] in 1866 Easington became a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1955 Easington Grange, Outchester and Spindlestone parishes were merged with Easington. [8]

In February 2020 it was decided to abolish the parish of Easington and transfer the land into that of Belford; [9] on 1 April 2021 the parish was abolished. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Easington". City Population De. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Easington". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Easington". Keys to the Past. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Listed Buildings in Easington, Northumberland". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Easington Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Easington deserted medieval village". Keys to the Past. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "History of Belford, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Relationships and changes Easington CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Changes approved for Northumberland parish councils". Northumberland Gazette. 24 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "The Northumberland County Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Easington and Belford) Order 2021" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2021.


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