Country: | England |
Official Name: | Nunnykirk |
Static Image Name: | Nunnykirk School - geograph.org.uk - 154552.jpg |
Coordinates: | 55.2277°N -1.866°W |
Civil Parish: | Nunnykirk |
Population: | 160 |
Population Ref: | (2011 census)[1] |
Unitary England: | Northumberland |
Lieutenancy England: | Northumberland |
Region: | North East England |
Post Town: | Morpeth |
Postcode District: | NE61 |
Postcode Area: | NE |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ0892 |
Nunnykirk is a settlement and civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 160.
Nunnykirk is the location of Nunnykirk Hall, a former nunnery country house and current school.
Nunnykirk was formerly a township in Nether Witton parish,[2] in 1866 Nunnykirk became a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1955 the parishes of Coatyards, Ewesley, Healey and Combhill, Ritton Colt Park, Ritton White House, Todburn and Wingates were abolished and merged with Nunnykirk.[3]