Beanley Explained

Official Name:Beanley
Country:England
Region:North East England
Shire County:Northumberland
Unitary England:Northumberland
Civil Parish:Hedgeley
Constituency Westminster:Berwick-upon-Tweed
Post Town:ALNWICK
Postcode Area:NE
Postcode District:NE66
Os Grid Reference:NU085185
Coordinates:55.46°N -1.867°W
Static Image Name:Beanley Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1435332.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Beanley Hall

Beanley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hedgeley in the county of Northumberland, England. It is situated to the north-west of Alnwick, near Eglingham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 53.[1]

In 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beanley as "a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland; on the river Breamish, 7 miles NW of Alnwick. Acres, 2,341. Pop., 116. Houses, 23. The earls of Dunbar anciently held it on the tenure of maintaining a road into Scotland. A cross stands on Hedgeley-moor, at a short distance from the village, erected to the memory of Sir Ralph Percy, who fell in 1464 in a battle with the Yorkists."

Governance

Beanley is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Beanley was formerly a township in Eglingham parish,[2] from 1866 Beanley was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Hedgeley.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population statistics Beanley Tn/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 17 January 2022.
  2. Web site: History of Beanley, in Alnwick and Northumberland. A Vision of Britain through Time. 17 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Relationships and changes Beanley Tn/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 17 January 2022.