Throckrington
| Thockrington | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 St Aidan's Church, Thockrington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY955795 |
| Location: | 55°6’36"N, 2°4’19"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE48 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Thockrington is a village in Northumberland, standing ten miles to the north of Hexham. In 1951 the parish had a population of just 18.[1]
Church
Thockrington's church, St Aidan's, stands prominently on a spur of the Great Whin Sill, and is one of the oldest churches in the county.[2]
Several members of the ancient Shafto family are buried in St Aidan's. The Shaftos, of whom the earliest mention is in 1240, lived at nearby Bavington until the eighteenth century. A result of their support of the Jacobite cause in 1715, their estates were confiscated by the Crown, and ultimately sold to a Delaval. The Shaftos had connections with the county of Durham and lived on their Durham estates until 1953, when Mr R. D. Shafto returned to Bavington Hall.[2]
Also buried here are Lord Beveridge, founder of the modern welfare state, and the ashes of the author Tom Sharpe (whose father was the vicar here).
About the village
A little over a mile south-west of the village are the ruins of Little Swinburne Tower, a fifteenth-century pele tower.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Population statistics Thockrington AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10328810/cube/TOT_POP. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ridley, Nancy (1966). Portrait of Northumberland (reprint ed.). London: Robert Hale. OCLC 503957631.