Slaley, Northumberland
| Slaley | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St Marys Church. Slaley | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY977577 |
| Location: | 54°54’50"N, 2°2’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 711 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE47 |
| Dialling code: | 01434 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Slaley is a village in Northumberland, to the southeast of Hexham. It is surrounded by other small villages, such as Ruffside, Whitley Chapel, Ordley, Wooley, Healey, Juniper, Riding Lea, and Blanchland.[1]
Church
The parish church, St Mary the Virgin, dates from 1832 (with extensive repairs in 1907–8) and was designed by Milton Carr. It stands on the site of an earlier church built in 1312, and that church was built on an earlier church mentioned in 1239 when Gilbert de Sclaueley gave the church and some lands to the Prior of Hexham.[2][3][4][5]
About the village
A nearby hamlet, Shield Hall, has the remains of a mediæval unfortified house (late 13th/early 14th century). It has been incorporated into the early 19th century farmhouse.[6] [7]
The nearby hamlet of Dukesfield is mentioned in 1256 as the scene of a murder. The area was part of the barony of Bolbec. In 1834 lead mining and smelting began.[8] Dukefield Hall is a listed building.[9]
To the north of the village is a disused nuclear bunker. The bunker was opened in 1961 and closed 1991.[10]
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Slaley, Northumberland) |
References
- ↑ "The village of Slaley (Northumberland) in the county of Northumberland". https://www.streetlist.co.uk/places/northumberland/slaley-(northumberland).
- ↑ "Slaley, St Mary the Virgin – The Moorland Group of churches" (in en-GB). http://moorland-group.org.uk/the-moorland-group/slaley/.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1045284: Church of St Mary, Slaley (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Bateson, Edward (1893). A history of Northumberland. pp. 349, 379–384.
- ↑ Johnson, A. (1893). "Slaley". Archaeologia Aeliana 15: 339–46.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1302809: Wing of mediæval house and adjacent later outbuildings, Slaley (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Bateson, Edward (1893). A history of Northumberland. pp. 368–371.
- ↑ Bateson, Edward (1893). A history of Northumberland. pp. 370–73.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1302821: The Hall, Hexhamshire (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Sites And Locations Of UK Royal Observer Corps Posts". 2010. http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/roc/. Retrieved 2010-11-14.