Castle Morpeth was a

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and

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

, England. Its administrative centre was the town of Morpeth. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Morpeth and Morpeth Rural District, along with part of

Castle Ward Rural District Castle Ward was a rural district of the administrative county of Northumberland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area north-west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was named after the historic Castle ward of Northumberland. The counc ...

. The district council was abolished as part of the

2009 structural changes to local government in England Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a "two-tier" system of counties and districts. In five s ...

effective from 1 April 2009 with responsibilities being transferred to

Northumberland County Council Northumberland County Council is a unitary authority in North East England. The population of the non-metropolitan unitary authority at the 2011 census was 316,028. History It was formed in 1889 as the council for the administrative county of ...

, a

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Settlements and parishes

The district includes the settlements and parishes of (towns highlighted in bold): * Belsay * Capheaton, Cresswell *

East Chevington East Chevington is a parish in Northumberland, England, and was a village until it disappeared in the 1900s. In 2001, the parish had a population of 3,192, increasing to 3,951 at the 2011 Census. History The site of the village was inhabited ...

, Ellington and Linton * Hartburn,

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, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Hepscott *

Longhirst Longhirst is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located approximately northeast of the town of Morpeth. It originally developed as an estate village serving Longhirst Hall, a Grade II* listed building built in 1824 by archit ...

Longhorsley Longhorsley is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Morpeth, and about south of Alnwick. The A697 road passes through the village linking it with Morpeth, Wooler and Coldstream in Scotland. There are 8 "Streets" in Longhorsl ...

Lynemouth Lynemouth is a village in Northumberland, England, northeast of Ashington, close to the village of Ellington to the north west. It was built close to coal mines, including Lynemouth Colliery. Lynemouth and the surrounding industrial area feat ...

Matfen Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the town of Hexham and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of a 19th-century planned estate village. It was the birthplace of the 7th Premier of British Colum ...

, Meldon, Mitford, Morpeth *

Netherwitton Netherwitton is a village in Northumberland, England about west north west of Morpeth. A former cotton-mill now converted into residential housing, the old village school also converted into a house, an old bridge, a small church, and a numb ...

* Pegswood,

Ponteland Ponteland ( ) is a large village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The name means "island in the Pont", after the River Pont which flows from west to east and joins the River Blyth further downstream, be ...

Stamfordham Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. The place-name ''Stamfordham'' is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for ...

, Stannington, Stobswood * Thirston *

Ulgham Ulgham ( ) is a small village in Northumberland, England. It is known as the 'village of the owls'. History The name, first mentioned in 1139 as ''Wlacam'', is from the Old English ''ūle'' "owl" and ''hwamm'' "nook (of land)", and so means ...

Wallington Demesne __NOTOC__ Wallington may refer to: Places Australia * Wallington, Victoria United Kingdom * Wallington, Hampshire * Wallington, Hertfordshire * Wallington, London, a town in the London Borough of Sutton * Wallington, Northumberland, a National T ...

Whalton Whalton is a small village in Northumberland, England. The population at the 2001 census was 427, which increased to 474 by the 2011 Census. It hosts an annual ''Bale Fire'' on 4 July, the date on which midsummer's eve was celebrated before the ...

, Widdrington *

Tritlington and West Chevington Tritlington is a hamlet and former civil parish about 4 miles from Morpeth, now in the parish of Tritlington and West Chevington, in the county of Northumberland, England. Until 2009 Tritlington was in Castle Morpeth district. In 1961 the parish ...

Widdrington Station and Stobswood Widdrington Station and Stobswood is a civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. It has 2,767 (as of 2011) and is north-northeast of Morpeth. It includes the settlements of ''Widdrington Station'' and ''Stobswood''. History Et ...

Transport

Castle Morpeth is located along the vital

East Coast Main Line The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain running b ...

rail artery stretching from London to

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. The rail line offers services to other major intermediate cities such as Newcastle and

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire unti ...

Mayors

* 1974–75: Dr George Cormack * 1975–76: Geoffrey F. Brown * 1976–77: J Dalton Hutchinson * 1977–78: W. Laurie Hill * 1978–79: Tom Brown * 1979–80: David Adams * 1980–81: Mrs M. Alice Rowe * 1981–82: W. John Lough * 1982–83: Geoffrey F. Brown * 1983–84: Miss Isobel Smail [ * 1984–85: M. George Green * 1985–86: Mrs Dorothy McBryde * 1986–87: Barnaby J. Dunn * 1987–88: Iain McConnell-Wood * 1988–89: Ian Hunter (Honorary Alderman 1999) * 1989–90: Roger Errington (High Sheriff of Northumberland 1993) * 1990–91: Clive Temple * 1991–92: Jim Turnbull * 1992–93: Trevor Hulbert * 1993–94: M. George Green (2nd term) * 1994–95: Iain McConnell-Wood (2nd term) * 1995–96: Tom Simpson (Honorary Alderman 2003) * 1996–97: Mrs Kay Morris * 1997–98: Mrs Sheila Campbell (Honorary Alderman 2005) * 1998–99: Neil Weatherly (Honorary Alderman 2003) * 1999–00: Ernie Coe (Honorary Alderman 2008) * 2000–01: Frank Harrington (Honorary Alderman 2009) * 2001–02: Bill Cuthbertson * 2002–03: Alan Taylor * 2003–04: Derek Thompson * 2004–05: Mrs Kay Morris (2nd term, Honorary Alderman 2009) * 2005–06: Milburn Douglas * 2006–07: Geoff Proudlock (Honorary Alderman 2008) * 2007–08: Milburn Douglas (2nd term, Honorary Alderman 2009) * 2008–09: Mrs Irene Brumwell Irene Brumwell became the last Mayor of Castle Morpeth Borough as structural changes to

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in England effective on 1 April 2009 abolished the

External links

Statistics
about the Castle Morpeth borough from the

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Census 2001
Castle Morpeth websiteMorpeth Town Council website
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Settlements and parishes

Transport

Mayors

See also

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