Hepscott

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Hepscott
Northumberland
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Hepscott
Location
Grid reference: NZ225845
Location: 55°9’15"N, 1°38’54"W
Data
Population: 1,069  (2011)
Postcode: NE61
Local Government
Council: Northumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Wansbeck

Hepscott is a small village in Northumberland, about two miles south-east of Morpeth, the market town hereabouts.

The name Hepscott is Old English in origin and may be a derivation of "Shepherd's Cote".

The village was a mere hamlet prior to expansion since the 1980s. It forms a trio with Clifton and Glororum; a series of farms founded by the Brown brothers at the end of the 19th Century.

Sights about the village

The most historic building in Hepscott is Hepscott Hall, a three storey, rectangular mediæval pele tower. The Hall was associated with a deer park. The traces of part of the boundary wall of the deer park survive along the track to Field House Farm. Another historic building of importance is a smithy dating to the late 18th century that is a Grade II Listed Building.

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