Bavington
| Bavington | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Great Bavington village centre | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY995785 |
| Location: | 55°6’0"N, 2°-0’32"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 99 (2001) |
| Post town: | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Postcode: | NE19 |
| Dialling code: | 01830 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Bavington is a village in Northumberland. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 99.
The village is sixteen miles north of Hexham, and about the same west from Morpeth.
History and heritage
In 1794, the Northumberland mathematician and astronomer Henry Atkinson began running Bavington school when he was only thirteen.
According to John Stokoe in his "Songs and Ballads of Northern England” (1893), the song Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea[1] is connected by tradition with one of the Shaftoes of Bavington, who ran away to sea to escape the attentions of a lady of beauty and fortune.
The poet Kathleen Raine spent her younger days living in the manse in Great Bavington.
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bavington) |
References
- ↑ Songs of Northern England (1893)
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