Hallington is a hamlet and former civil parish about 9 miles from Hexham, now in the parish of Whittington, in the county of Northumberland, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 75.[1]
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  Hallington Location within Northumberland | |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
History edit
The name "Hallington" means 'Holy valley'.[2] There are no remains of the deserted medieval village of Hallington above ground.[3] Hallington was formerly called "Haledon"[4] and "Halydon". Hallington was formerly a township in St. John Lee parish,[5] from 1866 Hallington was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 to form Whittington.[6]
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References edit
- ^ "Population statistics Hallington Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Hallington Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Hallington (Whittington)". Keys to the Past. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Lazamons Brut". Austrian National Library. 1847. p. 430. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "History of Hallington, in Tynedale and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Hallington Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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