Akeld
| Akeld | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 View over Akeld from the south | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT955295 |
| Location: | 55°33’32"N, 2°4’23"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 221 (2011) |
| Post town: | Wooler |
| Postcode: | NE71 |
| Dialling code: | 01668 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Akeld is a village in Northumberland, in the dale of the River Glen and at the edge of the Cheviot Hills and to the northwest of Wooler. In 2011 it had a recorded population, across the whole Parish of Akeld,, of just 82.
The name of the village is Old English, from ac-helde, meaning 'oak slope'.
About the village
Akeld is dominated by the buildings of Akeld Manor and Country Club. To the south is Akeld Bastle, a sixteenth-century bastle house. Only the ground floor remains of the original building, the rest having been rebuilt in the eighteenth century.
On Akeld Hill above the village are the remains of a large, ancient fort, which is itself just a mile over the moor from the more famous hill fort on Yeavring Bell.
From 1887 to 1930 the village was served by Akeld railway station. The track, which ran up beside the Glen to Kirknewton has long since been removed.
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