Ord, Northumberland

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Ord
Northumberland
Location
Grid reference: NT985515
Location: 55°45’25"N, 2°1’30"W
Data
Population: 1,374  (2011)
Local Government
Council: Northumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Berwick-upon-Tweed

Ord is a civil parish in Northumberland. According to the 2001 census it had a population 1,365, increasing slightly to 1,374 at the 2011 Census.

The parish is to the south-west of the ancient town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and includes the settlements of East Ord and Murton. The parish is bound to the north by the River Tweed, and to the south by the Aller Dean.

The parish was created in 1891 from part of the Tweedmouth parish.

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