Thorneyburn

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Thorneyburn
Northumberland

St Aidan's Church, Thorneyburn
Location
Grid reference: NY765875
Location: 55°10’52"N, 2°22’16"W
Data
Post town: Hexham
Postcode: NE48
Local Government
Council: Northumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Hexham

Thorneyburn is an inland village in Northumberland, to the northwest of Bellingham.

History

Thorneyburn was once served by Thorneyburn railway station on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction.

To the west of the station was the Thorneyburn Tileworks.[1]

The line was closed to passengers in 1956 and part of the line is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water.

Parish church

The parish church is dedicated to St Aidan.[2]

Outside links

References

  1. "Border Counties Railway at Railscot". http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Border_Counties_Railway/frame.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-09. 
  2. Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing Limited. pp. 89. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3. http://www.tempus-publishing.com.