Black Callerton

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| civil_parish = Woolsington

| country = England

| region = North East England

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| metropolitan_borough = Newcastle upon Tyne

| metropolitan_county = Tyne and Wear

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Black Callerton is a hamlet and former civil parish about 5 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, now in the parish of Woolsington, in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 365.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10305081/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Black Callerton Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain|access-date=1 August 2020}}

History

The name "Callerton" means 'Calves' hill, the "Black" part distinguishes it from High and Little Callerton.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northumberland/Black%20Callerton|title=Black Callerton Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|access-date=1 August 2020}} Black Callerton is possibly a shrunken medieval village, although there are no indications on the ground.{{PastScape |num=22749 |desc=Black Callerton |access-date=1 August 2020}} The earliest reference to the settlement dates from 1246.{{cite web | url=https://twsitelines.info/SMR/1302 | title=Black Callerton village | date=26 May 2021 }} Black Callerton was formerly a township in the parish of Newburn.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8877|title=History of Black Callerton, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|access-date=1 August 2020}} From 1866, Black Callerton was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished and merged with Woolsington on 1 April 1955.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10305081|title=Relationships and changes Black Callerton Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|access-date=1 August 2020}} In 1974 it became part of Tyne and Wear, having previously been part of Northumberland.

References

Category:Hamlets in Tyne and Wear

Category:Former civil parishes in Tyne and Wear

Category:Geography of Newcastle upon Tyne