Etal
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| Etal | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | ~100 |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | [1] |
| Administration | |
| District: | Alnwick |
| Shire county: | Northumberland |
| Region: | North England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Northumberland |
| Historic county: | Northumberland |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Northumberland Police |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | North East |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
| Postal district: | TD15 |
| Dialling code: | 01890 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
| European Parliament: | North East England |
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Etal is a small village in the far north of the county of Northumberland, England which shares a parish with nearby Ford. It lies on a bridging point of the River Till ten miles south west of Berwick Upon Tweed, and can boast the substantial ruins of a medieval castle currently owned by English Heritage. It has just one residential street, and has a population of less than one hundred.
[edit] Buildings
The village is centred on a now ruined castle, which over the years has seen much conflict between England and Scotland. The large majority of the buildings in the village are traditional and are owned by Ford & Etal estates. Also there is a thatched pub (The Black Bull)and nextdoor is the village hall. Hiding discreetly behind the Lavender Tearooms and a few more picture postcard houses is an expansive walled garden. Used extensively by the late Lady Joicey for the training of dressage horses, it is now used intermitintly for Icelandic Horse events and features a grass oval track.
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