Tarset
| Tarset | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY792854 |
| Location: | 55°9’47"N, 2°19’41"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 289 (2011 (with Greystead)) |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE48 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Tarset is an inland village in Northumberland four miles west of Bellingham.
The village had a recorded population of 196 in 2011, which shows little change from the 19th century: in 1831, its population was recorded as 169.[1]
History
The Comyns, Scottish knights, were established in Tynedale in the 12th century and the manor of Tarset was granted to William Comyn in around 1222. Licence to crenellate was granted to John Comyn in 1267, and Tarset Castle was built half a mile south-west of the present village, of which only grassed-over remains can now be seen. Two miles to the south-west on Birks Moor are the remains of the fortified house known as Dally Castle, believed to have been erected by David Linsey in his manor of Chirdon.
Tarset was served by Tarset railway station on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862.[2] The line was closed to passengers in 1956 and part of the line is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Tarset) |
- Tarset Community
- National Monuments Record: No. 15682 – Tarset Castle
- Images of Tarset Castle on NorthOfTheTyne
- Location and History of Greenhaugh and Tarset (Northumberland National Park Authority)
- National Heritage List 13101: Black Middens Bastle House
- Tarset Weather (Gatehouse Weather Station)
- Sidwood (Forestry Commission)