Juniper
| Juniper | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Peth Head Cottage, Juniper | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY935585 |
| Location: | 54°55’16"N, 2°6’11"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE47 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Juniper, formerly also known as 'Ginifer' is a hamlet in Northumberland, about five miles due south of Hexham, in the area known as Hexhamshire.
The History of Northumberland in 1897 reports:
The hamlet of Juniper, or Ginifer, is subdivided into the Low, the Middle, and the High Juniper. At Low Juniper is a grass field and a red brick-fronted house (an unusual sight in this district of stone buildings) belonging to the vicarage of Slaley. With this hamlet was connected the Tyneside family of Angus.[1]
Name
The name of the hamlet appears to come from the manor house here, known as Juniper-house, recorded in the seventeenth and eighteen centuries as belonging to the Angus family,[1] and its farm.
As an April Fools' Day joke, in April 2010 the Hexham Courant reported a change of the village's name.[2] The story related that the 'hippy hero, Donovan' a music start of the 1960s was donating £5 million to Northumberland County Council in return for chaging the name of Juniper to "Jennifer Juniper", one of his songs and his personal favourite.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A History of Northumberland, Vol 4, pp 42, 58 - on Electric Scotland
- ↑ "Hippy pop star planes to buy hamlet". Hexham Courant (2 April 2010): p. 3.
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