Melkridge

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Melkridge
Northumberland

Allensgreen Farm at Melkridge
Location
Grid reference: NY738639
Location: 54°58’8"N, 2°24’32"W
Data
Population: 216  (2011)
Post town: Haltwhistle
Postcode: NE49
Dialling code: 01434
Local Government
Council: Northumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Hexham

Melkridge is a village in Northumberland, on the river South Tyne. The village is about two miles east of Haltwhistle along the A69 road, and remains a modest place, with a population of 216 counted in 2011.

About the village

Melkridge is the locus of prehistoric settlement dating to about 500 to 2500 BC.[1]

Melkridge has no railway station, despite its proximity to the tracks of the Newcastle to Carlisle line, served by Northern Rail. The nearest stations to Melkridge are at Bardon Mill and Haltwhistle.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Melkridge)

References