Edlingham

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|region = North East England

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|shire_district = Alnwick

|constituency_westminster = Berwick-upon-Tweed

|population = 191

|population_ref=(2011 census)

|post_town = ALNWICK

|postcode_area = NE

|postcode_district = NE66

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Edlingham is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland in the north of England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 196, which had reduced slightly to 191 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123104&c=NE66+2AY&d=16&e=62&g=6452792&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435600270070&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=29 June 2015}} The road to Alnwick passes close by the village and the town of Rothbury is about {{convert|6|mi|0}} away.

The name Edlingham means The home of Eadwulf in Anglo-Saxon. Its recorded history goes back as far as 737 when King Coelwulf gave Edlingham and three other royal Northumbrian villages to Cuthbert.

Landmarks

File:Edlingham church, 2007.jpg]]

St. John the Baptist's Church dates largely from the 11th and 12th centuries, with a remarkable fortified tower added c.1300.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-236453-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-edlingham "Church of St John the Baptist, Edlingham"]. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

Situated close to the church, Edlingham Castle has its origins in a house built by John de Edlingham in the 12th century, which was subsequently strengthened and fortified over the next three centuries. In the 15th century the castle had a moat, gate tower and strong palisade. However, agricultural requirements overtook the need for defence over the following 200 years, and after 1514 the buildings were let to local tenant farmers for housing animals and crops, and fell into disrepair. By 1650 the castle was abandoned and over the next 300 years the theft of stonework left the building in ruins. Excavations were started in 1978 by English Heritage to make the remaining masonry safe for visitors.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

The Devil's Causeway passes the western edge of the village. The causeway is a Roman road which starts at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extends {{convert|55|mi|0}} northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Notable people

Sir Henry Manisty (1808 – 1890), a barrister and judge, was born at vicarage house {{Cite ODNB|author=J. A. Hamilton|id=17938|title=Manisty, Sir Henry|author2=Sinéad Agnew}}
Richard White (1509-1558), Merchant Taylor and MP for York was born in the village.{{cite web|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/white-richard-1509-58|title= The History of Parliament Trust|accessdate= 20 August 2021}}

== See also ==

HMS Edlingham, a Ham class minesweeper, named after the village.

References

{{cite web|url=http://www.alnwick.gov.uk/an/webconnect.exe/ao2/View/?Doc=3638&Site=813 |title=Towns and Villages - Edlingham |author=Alnwick District Electronic Information Team |work=Alnwick District Council |year=2004 |accessdate=2006-08-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008035147/http://www.alnwick.gov.uk/an/webconnect.exe/ao2/View/?Doc=3638&Site=813 |archivedate=2007-10-08 }}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090108114557/http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/Edlingham/index.html GENUKI] (Accessed: 24 November 2008)

Category:Villages in Northumberland