Cooklaw Explained

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Official Name:Cooklaw
Os Grid Reference:NY935715
Coordinates:55.038°N -2.103°W
Civil Parish:Wall
Unitary England:Northumberland
Lieutenancy England:Northumberland
Region:North East England
Country:England
Post Town:HEXHAM
Postcode Area:NE
Postcode District:NE46
Constituency Westminster:Hexham

 

Cooklaw is a small settlement and (as Cocklaw) a former civil parish, now in the parish of Wall, in Northumberland, England. It is near the A6079 road and the River North Tyne. In 1951 the parish had a population of 119.[1]

Governance

Cooklaw is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham. Cocklaw was formerly a township in St. John-Lee parish,[2] from 1866 Cocklaw was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Wall.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population statistics Cocklaw Tn/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 23 January 2022.
  2. Web site: History of Cocklaw, in Tynedale and Northumberland. A Vision of Britain through Time. 23 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Relationships and changes Cocklaw Tn/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 23 January 2022.