Official Name: | Sharperton |
Country: | England |
Region: | North East England |
Civil Parish: | Harbottle |
Unitary England: | Northumberland |
Lieutenancy England: | Northumberland |
Constituency Westminster: | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Post Town: | MORPETH |
Postcode Area: | NE |
Postcode District: | NE65 |
Dial Code: | 01669 |
Os Grid Reference: | NT955035 |
Coordinates: | 55.326°N -2.072°W |
Static Image: | Sharperton village - geograph.org.uk - 1264348.jpg |
Sharperton is a small settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harbottle, in Northumberland, England. Sharperton is the site of a deserted medieval village, which was documented as having 14 taxpayers in 1296, and described as having two short rows of dwellings in 1632.[1] There was also a bastle (fortified farmhouse) here. In 1951 the parish had a population of 36.[2]
Sharperton is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Sharperton was formerly a township in Alwinton parish,[3] from 1866 Sharperton was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Harbottle.[4]