Chollerton
| Chollerton | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
_(geograph_3403939).jpg) Chollerton Farm | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY935725 |
| Location: | 55°2’46"N, 2°6’11"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 818 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE46 |
| Dialling code: | 01434 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Chollerton is a village in Northumberland alongside the A6079 road, about six miles north of Hexham, on the River North Tyne. Nearby villages include Low Brunton and Humshaugh.
The village has a fine example of a mounting block standing at the churchyard gate.[1]
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Giles and it is noteworthy for the four large Roman columns built into its south aisle. These are believed to have been brought from the Roman fort of Chesters a couple of miles downstream.
Name
The origin of the name Chollerton is uncertain. Possibly it is from the Old English Ceolferþes tun ('Cholferth's village') but more likely it meant "tun by Ceolan ford or Ceolford" (Chollerford), so "Ceola's ford village", either derivation coming from an otherwise unknown landlowner of Anglo-Saxon days.[2][3]
Transport
Chollerton was formerly served by Chollerton railway station on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway|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.[4]
The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956. The station still stands and is now in use as a private house.
Sights of the village
A mile to the south-east, Cocklaw Tower is a ruined late 14th or early 15th century tower house.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chollerton) |
References
- ↑ Book of the British Countryside. London: Drive Publications, (1973). p. 302.
- ↑ Ekwall, E. (1940) The Concise Dictionary of English Place-names; 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; p. 101
- ↑ "Chollerton" is also an older form of Chorlton, Manchester.
- ↑ Awdry
- ↑ "Cocklaw Tower". Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=19198. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
