Beanley
{{Short description|Village in Northumberland, in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Beanley
|country = England
|region = North East England
|shire_county = Northumberland
|unitary_england = Northumberland
|civil_parish=Hedgeley
|constituency_westminster= Berwick-upon-Tweed
|population =
|post_town = ALNWICK
|postcode_area = NE
|postcode_district = NE66
|dial_code =
|os_grid_reference = NU085185
|coordinates = {{coord|55.460|-1.867|display=inline,title}}
|static_image_name = Beanley Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1435332.jpg
|static_image_width = 240px
|static_image_caption = Beanley Hall
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Beanley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hedgeley in the county of Northumberland, England. It is situated to the north-west of Alnwick, near Eglingham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 53.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10300368/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Beanley Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=17 January 2022}}
In 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beanley as "a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Breamish, 7 miles NW of Alnwick. Acres, 2,341. Pop., 116. Houses, 23. The earls of Dunbar anciently held it on the tenure of maintaining a road into Scotland. A cross stands on Hedgeley-moor, at a short distance from the village, erected to the memory of Sir Ralph Percy, who fell in 1464 in a battle with the Yorkists."
Governance
Beanley is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Beanley was formerly a township in Eglingham parish,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8717|title=History of Beanley, in Alnwick and Northumberland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=17 January 2022}} from 1866 Beanley was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Hedgeley.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10300368|title=Relationships and changes Beanley Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=17 January 2022}}
See also
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Category:Villages in Northumberland
Category:Former civil parishes in Northumberland
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