Humshaugh
| Humshaugh | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Humshaugh House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY919712 |
| Location: | 55°1’60"N, 2°7’60"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 622 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE46 |
| Dialling code: | 01434 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Humshaugh is a small village in Northumberland, near Hexham and just north of Chollerford. It is near Chesters Fort on Hadrian's Wall. Humshaugh sits just off the Military Road which runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, which road was built by General Wade at the time of the Jacobite rebellion.
Other nearby villages include Low Brunton and Walwick.
The name of the place is recorded in 1279 as "Hounshale" and seems to come from Old English Hunes halh meaning 'Hun's nook of land'.
History
The paper mill near Humshaugh, on the River North Tyne close to Barrasford, among other mills in various rural locations, was used during the Napoleonic Wars to make the paper on which was printed false French money in a bid to flood France with the forged notes, which was intended to cause a marked devaluation of the currency.[1]
The parish holds an important place in the history of the Boy Scoutrs, as it was here that the first official Scout camp, held in August 1908. This was a year after the more famous experimental camp on Brownsea Island (in Dorset) which launched the scouting movement.[2][3] The site of the camp is away from the village, and known as Look Wide, near to Fourstones, and now marked by a cairn commemorating the event.[4][5]
About the village
Humshaugh Playing Fields have been enrolled as a Queen Elizabeth II Field.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Humshaugh) |
References
- ↑ | title=Humshaugh on Northumberland Communities
- ↑ Walker, Johnny. "Scouting Milestones - Brownsea Island". Scouting Milestones. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. http://archive.is/jHW9H. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ↑ Walker, Colin (2007). Brownsea:B-P's Acorn: The World's First Scout Camp. Write Books. http://www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk/shop.htm.
- ↑ "Where It All Began". zyworld.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070707225030/http://www.zyworld.com/Lookwide/Where+it+began.htm. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
- ↑ "Lookwide Camp 1908". zyworld.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20070926234126/http://www.zyworld.com/Lookwide/Lookwide%20Programme%206.htm. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
