Hepburn, Northumberland Explained

Official Name:	Hepburn
Civil Parish:	Chillingham
Country:	England
Region:	North East England
Coordinates:	55.5142°N -1.8986°W
Unitary England:	Northumberland
Lieutenancy England:	Northumberland
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Static Image:	Hepburn - geograph.org.uk - 500026.jpg

Hepburn is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chillingham in the county of Northumberland, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 43.^[1]

Etymology

The standard authorities give Hepburn as in origin an Old English name deriving from heah 'high' + byrgen 'burial mound'.^[2]

Governance

Hepburn was formerly a township in the parish of Chillingham,^[3] in 1866 Hepburn became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Chillingham.^[4] From 1974 to 2009 it was in Berwick-upon-Tweed district.

See also

• Bewick and Beanley Moors SSSI

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population statistics Hepburn CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 10 February 2024.
2. Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).
3. Web site: History of Hepburn, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland. A Vision of Britain through Time. 10 February 2024.
4. Web site: Relationships and changes Hepburn CP/Tn through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 10 February 2024.