Great Whittington

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|unitary_england= Northumberland

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|region = North East England

|constituency_westminster = Hexham

|post_town = NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

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Great Whittington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whittington, in Northumberland, England, 7 miles NE of Hexham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 158, in 2011 it had a population of 401. {{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10330373/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Great Whittington Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=23 January 2022}}

Governance

Great Whittington is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham. Great Whittington was formerly a township in Corbridge parish,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9781|title=History of Great Whittington, in Tynedale and Northumberland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=23 January 2022}} from 1866 Great Whittington was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 to form Whittington.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10330373|title=Relationships and changes Great Whittington Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=23 January 2022}}

History

Immediately north of Great Whittington, in a field west of the Unnamed Road leading to Matfen, lies Great Whittington Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post.{{cite web | url=http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/roc/db/988176917.html | title=Great Whittington ROC Post – Subterranea Britannica }} This was 1 of approx. 1,563 underground monitoring posts built all over the UK during the Cold War to monitor the effects of a Nuclear Strike. They were operated by the ROC who were mostly civilian volunteers. Great Whittington ROC post was opened in June 1962 and closed in September 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which saw the end of the Cold War.

Landmarks

The Devil's Causeway passes the village about {{convert|1|mi|0}} to the west. The causeway was a Roman road which started at Portgate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extended {{convert|55|mi|0}} northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Transport

Great Whittington is served by Go North East's [https://www.gonortheast.co.uk/services/GNE/74 74] bus service, which provides four buses per day to Newcastle upon Tyne, Ponteland and Hexham.

Religious sites

A now deconsecrated Wesleyan Methodist chapel can be found on the northern side of the village green, distinguishable by a large cross above the door.

References

The Official Great Whittington Website {{URL|greatwhittington.com}}
Geanology archives {{URL|ukga.org/england/Northumberland/towns/GreatandLittleWhittington.html}}

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Great Whittington}}
[http://www.stoswaldsway.com/wp-content/gallery/cssw-great-whittington/thumbs/thumbs_dsc00783.jpgGreat Whittington, as seen from the south]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Category:Villages in Northumberland

Category:Former civil parishes in Northumberland