Stocksfield Parish

{{Short description|Civil parish in Northumberland, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|static_image_name= Hindley from Bale Hill - geograph.org.uk - 6658.jpg

|static_image_caption= Hindley Hall

|official_name = Stocksfield

|country = England

|region = North East England

|civil_parish= Stocksfield

|unitary_england= Northumberland

|lieutenancy_england= Northumberland

|constituency_westminster= Hexham

|population = 3,011

|population_ref = (2011)

|post_town = STOCKSFIELD

|postcode_area = NE

|postcode_district = NE43

|dial_code = 01661

|os_grid_reference = NZ055615

|coordinates = {{coord|54.948|-1.916|display=inline,title}}

|label_position = left

}}

Stocksfield, formerly Broomley and Stocksfield is a civil parish in Northumberland, England. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the village of Stocksfield, along with the hamlets of Apperley Dene, Branch End, Broomley, Hindley, New Ridley and Painshawfield, had a population of 3,039,{{cite web|title=Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Tynedale|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790480|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528161552/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790480|archive-date=28 May 2012|url-status=dead}} falling slightly to 3,011 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121297&c=NE43+7HN&d=16&e=62&g=6453537&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435848603427&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=2 July 2015}}

On 11 January 2019 the name of the parish was officially changed to Stocksfield, to reflect developments in the area and changes in population over the years.[https://stocksfieldpc.org.uk/ Stocksfield Parish Council] On 1 April 1955 the parish was renamed from "Broomley" to "Broomley and Stocksfield".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/northumberland%20west.html|title=Northumberland West Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=27 April 2022}}