Bavington
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Coordinates: 55°06′00″N 2°00′32″W / 55.100°N 2.009°W
| Bavington | |
 Great Bavington village centre |
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  Bavington Bavington shown within Northumberland | |
| Population | 99 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | NY995785 |
| Unitary authority | Northumberland |
| Ceremonial county | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE19 |
| Dialling code | 01830 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | Hexham |
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Bavington is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 99.[1] The village is 16 miles (26 km) north of Hexham, and about the same west from Morpeth.
Governance
Bavington is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.
Notable people
In 1794, the Northumberland mathematician and astronomer Henry Atkinson began running Bavington school when he was only thirteen. According to John Stokoe in his "Songs and Ballads of Northern England” (1893), the song Bobby Shaftoe[2] is connected by tradition with one of the Shaftoes of Bavington, who ran away to sea to escape the attentions of a lady of beauty and fortune, who loved not only wisely but too well.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics
- ↑ Songs of Northern England (1893)
External links
Media related to Bavington at Wikimedia Commons
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