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Black Heddon
Black Heddon is a village in Northumberland, located 2.5 miles South West of Belsay and just under 3 miles North of Stamfordham on the B6309 road. Historically, Black Heddon was a township in the ancient Parish of Stamfordham. Black Heddon Hall is the former manor house. Today, Black Heddon forms part of Belsay Civil Parish.
HEDDON, BLACK, a township, in the parish of Stamfordham, union of Castle ward, N.E. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 2¾ miles (N.) from Stamfordham; containing 73 inhabitants. The township comprises 1,484 acres. It includes a great part of a range of hills formed of millstone-grit rock, on the highest of which was a Druidical circle, whose centre stone still remains; and from this hill, called Black Heddon Law, is a very extensive view, reaching into the counties of Durham, Cumberland, and Roxburgh, as well as over a long course of the sea.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Black Heddon is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the north-west of Newcastle, between Stamfordham and Belsay.
According to local legend, the village was once haunted by a ghost named Silky, who used to jump onto travellers' horses. In nearby Belsay is a tree overlooking a waterfall which is known as Silky's Chair.
Governance
Black Heddon is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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Old boundaries and ridge and furrow in pasture west of Black Heddon
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Black Heddon
- "...According to The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain
By John Ingram (1897):
Black Heddon, a quiet village near Stamfordham, in Northumberland, acquired an unenviable notoriety some fifty …
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Belsay
- Overview About Belsay Map Street View Belsay, Northumberland Belsay is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated about 5 miles from Ponteland on the A696 which links the village …
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Old boundaries and ridge and furrow in pasture west of Black Heddon
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from http://www.mysteriousbritain.…
Black Heddon
- "...According to The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain
By John Ingram (1897):
Black Heddon, a quiet village near Stamfordham, in Northumberland, acquired an unenviable notoriety some fifty …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
Belsay
- Overview About Belsay Map Street View Belsay, Northumberland Belsay is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated about 5 miles from Ponteland on the A696 which links the village …
