Bardon Mill
| Bardon Mill | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Bardon Mill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY785645 |
| Location: | 54°58’30"N, 2°20’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 452 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE47 |
| Dialling code: | 01434 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Bardon Mill is a village in Northumberland. It is to be found in the south of the county, to the west of Haydon Bridge and Hexham, on the River South Tyne.
Transport
The town is served by Bardon Mill railway station on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, also known as the Tyne Valley Line. The station is on the south side of the village close by the River South Tyne. The line was opened in 1838, and links the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, the county's great city, with Carlisle in Cumberland. The line follows the course of the River Tyne through Northumberland.
The A69 road, which is a major road running east-west across the Pennines between Newcastle and Carlisle, runs through Bardon Mill.
About the village
The local pub in Bardon Mill is the Bowes Hotel.
The only commercial pottery in the United Kingdom currently licensed to produce salt glaze pottery is Errington Reay in Bardon Mill.
A little over a mile to the south-west, Willimoteswick Manor is a 16th-century fortified manor house, largely rebuilt in 1900.[1] Just over a mile east of Bardon Mill is Ridley Hall and Allen Banks. Ridley Hall was part of the ancestral home of the Bowes-Lyons, the family of the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Weddings and other functions are often held there including a Burns Night Ceilidh which is organised by the local church. The churches for the area are in Beltingham and Henshaw.
Allen Banks, which were the grounds belonging to the hall, were donated to the National Trust and have 500 acres of riverbank and woodland walks, affording some of the best vistas in the area.
The village is a few miles from the boundary of the Northumberland National Park. The village is placed in the gap held to separate the Pennines to the south form the Cheviots to the north.
Vindolanda Roman settlement is in the parish just over a mile north of the A69. It is a world-renowned site and the location of the finding of the Vindolanda tablets, the oldest 'postcards' in the world. Some of these are to be found in the museum at Vindolanda along with a great many Roman finds from the days of the emperor Hadrian. Hadrian's Wall is three miles north of Bardon Mill, and the best preserved of the Roman forts on the wall, Housesteads, is three miles from the village.
There is a very popular Hadrian's Wall Path 83 mile trail and also Hadrian's Cycleway which comes into the village.
Big Society
The church services alternate weekly between Beltingham and Henshaw churches both of which are very close to the village.
There is a very active Women's Institute.
A leek club show is held every year, the produce from which is auctioned along with donations the day after the show. Funds are then donated to local charities.
Every October there is the Bardon Mill and Roman Empire conkers championships held on the village green. Local community projects are invited to run stalls at the event to raise funds for either their own projects. These include Growability at Ridley Hall, who provide work experience for adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bardon Mill) |
References
- ↑ "Willimoteswick Manor". Gatehouse. http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2384.html. Retrieved 2011-06-14.