Hepburn, Northumberland

Hepburn
Hepburn Location within Northumberland
Civil parish	Chillingham
Unitary authority	Northumberland
Ceremonial county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Northumberland 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]

Toponymy

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.

See also

• Bewick and Beanley Moors SSSI

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.