Slaley, Northumberland

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Slaley
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Slaley
Location within Northumberland
Population711 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference NY977577
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HEXHAM
Postcode district NE47
Dialling code 01434
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54°54′50″N2°02′13″W / 54.914°N 2.037°W / 54.914; -2.037 Coordinates: 54°54′50″N2°02′13″W / 54.914°N 2.037°W / 54.914; -2.037

Slaley is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the southeast of Hexham. It is surrounded by the following villages: Ruffside, Whitley Chapel, Ordley, Wooley, Healey, Juniper, Riding Lea, and Blanchland. [2]

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The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. The present church dates from 1832 (with extensive repairs in 1907-8) and was designed by Milton Carr. It stands on the site of an earlier church built in 1312, and that church was built on an earlier church mentioned in 1239 when Gilbert de Sclaueley gave the church and some lands to the prior of Hexham. [3] [4] [5] [6]

The nearby hamlet of Shield Hall has the remains of a medieval unfortified house (late 13th/early 14th century). It has been incorporated into the early 19th century farmhouse. [7]   [8]

The nearby hamlet of Dukesfield is mentioned in 1256 as the scene of a murder. The area was part of the barony of Bolbec. In 1834 lead mining and smelting began. [9] Dukefield Hall is a listed building. [10]

St Mary's Church St Marys Church Slaley 2 (Nigel Coates).jpg
St Mary's Church

To the north of the village there is a disused nuclear bunker. The bunker was opened in 1961 and closed 1991. [11]

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References

  1. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. "The village of Slaley (Northumberland) in the county of Northumberland". www.streetlist.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. "Slaley, St Mary the Virgin – The Moorland Group of churches" . Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. "CHURCH OF ST MARY, Slaley - 1045284 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. Bateson, Edward (1893). A history of Northumberland. pp. 349, 379–384.
  6. Johnson, A. (1893). "Slaley". Archaeologia Aeliana. 15: 339–46.
  7. "WING OF MEDIEVAL HOUSE AND ADJACENT LATER OUTBUILDINGS, Slaley - 1302809 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  8. Bateson, Edward (1893). A history of Northumberland. pp. 368–371.
  9. Bateson, Edward (1893). A history of Northumberland. pp. 370–73.
  10. "THE HALL, Hexhamshire - 1302821 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  11. "Sites And Locations Of UK Royal Observer Corps Posts". 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.

The parish website: www.slaley.org.uk