Matfen

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Matfen
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Matfen
Location within Northumberland
Population495 (2001 census) [1]
OS grid reference NZ029719
Civil parish
  • Matfen
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode district NE20
Dialling code 01661
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
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55°02′28″N1°57′14″W / 55.04111°N 1.95389°W / 55.04111; -1.95389

Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the town of Hexham and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of a 19th-century planned estate village. It was the birthplace of the 7th Premier of British Columbia, William Smithe. In 2001 it had a population of 495.

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History

Matfen is a few miles north of Hadrian's Wall. About halfway between the two there is a prehistoric standing stone called Stob Stone, adjacent to Standing Stone Farmhouse. The stone is about seven feet high and decorated with cup marks. [2]

The place-name Matfen is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for 1159, where it appears as Matefen. The name means Matta's fen. [3] The civil parish was formed in 1955 from East Matfen, Fenwick, Ingoe, Kearsley, Ryal and West Matfen. [4]

Landmarks

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Matfen Hall

Matfen Hall now houses a hotel and country club. The Grade II* listed building was built about 1828 by Sir Edward Blackett to replace an earlier, 17th-century house. [5]

The Devil's Causeway passes the village less than 2 miles (3 km) to the west. The causeway is a Roman road, which starts at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extends 55 miles (89 km) northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics
  2. ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p. 387.
  3. ↑ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 318.
  4. ↑ "Matfen CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Matfen Hall (1155328)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Devil's Causeway" . Retrieved 17 December 2008.


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