Stamfordham, Northumberland

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Stamfordham
Northumberland
St Mary's Church, Stamfordham - geograph.org.uk - 130815.jpg
St Mary the Virgin, Stamfordham
Location
Grid reference: NZ0772
Location: 55°2’31"N, 1°52’37"W
Data
Population: 1,047  (2001)
Post town: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Postcode: NE18
Dialling code: 01661
Local Government
Council: Northumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Hexham
Website: Stamfordham Parish Council

Stamfordham is a village in Northumberland, about five miles west of Ponteland and ten miles east of Hexham. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census.

Churches

The parish church is St Mary the Virgin. It was built in the 13th century, and heavily restored under the direction of Benjamin Ferrey in 1848.[1]

In addition to St Mary's, there is the non-denominational Church on the Green.

About the village

The village has a school (Stamfordham First School), a historic Village Hall (originally the school), a public house (The Swinburne Arms) and a number of social and sports clubs.

The village green contains both a market square and a village lock-up which is Grade II listed[2] The lock-up dates from the early 19th Century[3]

Sport

  • Cricket: Stamfordham Cricket Club (playing on the Grange Oval on the southern edge of the village)

Outside links

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References

  1. Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northumberland, 1957; 1992 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09638-5
  2. Village lock-up, Stamfordham - British Listed Buildings
  3. Heritage Exdplorer