Newbrough (pronounced “Newbruff”) is a village in Northumberland, England, on the north bank of the River South Tyne about 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Hexham.
| Newbrough | |
|---|---|
 Stanegate, Newbrough | |
  Newbrough Location within Northumberland | |
| Population | 561 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NY874679 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEXHAM |
| Postcode district | NE47 |
| Dialling code | 01434 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
History
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Newbrough is the site of one of the line of Roman forts along the original northern frontier of the Roman Stanegate road built in AD 71. Newbrough’s church stands on the site.[2][3]
Newbrough was anciently part of the Manor of Thornton. The mediæval tower house known as Thornton Tower was reported to be in a state of decay in a survey in 1541. The Grade II listed building is now completely ruinous.
Governance
editNewbrough is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.
Landmarks
editNewbrough Hall is an early 19th-century country house at Newbrough. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The estate was held by John Armstrong in 1692 and by John Bacon in the early 18th century. In 1811 the property passed to Bacon’s great grandson, the Reverend Henry Wastell.
Wastell built a new house in 1812 adjacent to the old tower, to a design by architect John Dobson. The estate later passed to his daughter and her husband of 1901, Colonel Coulson. They commissioned architect Francis William Deas (1862–1951) to modernise the house in 1902. The resulting two-storey house, with five bays of which the central was pedimented, was extended with two rear wings attached to the 1813 coach house to create a central courtyard. The house was equipped with electricity for which purpose a detached powerhouse was erected in the grounds. The powerhouse, now a separate dwelling, is Grade II listed.
Newbrough Town Hall, thought to be one of the finest in Tynedale, was completed in 1878 and extensively refurbished in 1998.[2]
The Women's Institute building, formerly the Mechanics Institute, was built in 1854 and is a grade II listed building. It was given in 1948 to the Newbrough Women's Institute (WI) which was formed in 1923 and is still in existence.[4][5] In 2000 the WI donated the building to the Town Hall, where it now meets (as it did before 1948).[6] On 9 November 2015, the centenary of the first WI meeting in England, the building's entry in the National Heritage List for England was updated to include the WI connection, as were records for three other buildings of WI significance.[7]
A mile north of the village is a burn known as Meggie's Dene, which is reputedly the burial site of a 16th-century witch called Old Meg. The grave is said to be marked by a pink thorn tree.[8]
Education
editNewbrough CE First School, (Northumberland Local Education Authority) is an Infant School. It is a mixed school of Church of England religion.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Village website (Fourstones & Newbrough)". Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ "Hadrians Wall country". Archived from the original on 11 September 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "Women's Institute, Newbrough (1045014)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Newbrough". NationalFederation of Women's Institutes. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Newbrough WI". Fourstones and Newbrough Village Noticeboard. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Women's Institute buildings relisted for centenary/". BBC News. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "Hexham Courant - News - Business - Home's history carved from rich seam of mining industry". Hexham Courant. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Newbrough CE First School". Retrieved 22 November 2008.
External links
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- Village website (Fourstones & Newbrough) (Accessed: 20 November 2008)
- Northumberland Communities (Accessed: 10 November 2008)