Thockrington

Thockrington

St. Aidan's Church
Thockrington

 Thockrington shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference NY955795
Unitary authority Northumberland
Ceremonial county Northumberland
Region North East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HEXHAM
Postcode district NE48
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament Hexham
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

Thockrington is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies about 10 miles (16 km) north of Hexham.

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Governance

Thockrington is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

Religious sites

Thockrington church which stands so prominently on a spur of the Great Whin-Sill is one of the oldest churches in the county.[1] The church is dedicated to St Aidan.[2]

Here are buried several members of the ancient family of Shafto, the earliest mention of whom is in 1240. The Shaftos lived at Bavington until the eighteenth century when, as a result of their support of the Jacobite cause in 1715, their estates were confiscated by the Crown, and ultimately sold to a Delaval. The Shaftos had connections with the county of Durham and lived on their Durham estates until 1953, when Mr R. D. Shafto returned to Bavington Hall.[1]

Landmarks

A little over a mile south-west of the village are the ruins of Little Swinburne Tower, a fifteenth century pele tower.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b Ridley, Nancy (1966 (reprint)). Portrait of Northumberland. London: Robert Hale. OCLC 503957631?referer=br&ht=edition. 
  2. ^ a b Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. pp. 88. ISBN 0 7524 4071 3. http://www.tempus-publishing.com. 

External links

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