Hepburn, Northumberland

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Hepburn
Location within Northumberland
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Ceremonial county
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55°30′51″N1°53′55″W / 55.51417°N 1.89861°W / 55.51417; -1.89861

Hepburn is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chillingham in the county of Northumberland, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 43. [1]

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Etymology

The standard authorities give Hepburn as in origin an Old English name deriving from heah 'high' + byrgen 'burial mound'. [2]

Governance

Hepburn was formerly a township in the parish of Chillingham, [3] in 1866 Hepburn became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Chillingham. [4] From 1974 to 2009 it was in Berwick-upon-Tweed district.

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References

  1. "Population statistics Hepburn CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).
  3. "History of Hepburn, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. "Relationships and changes Hepburn CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 10 February 2024.