East Chevington is a parish in
Northumberland
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, 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 and the surrounding area used for agriculture at least as far back as the
medieval period
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. Crop marks visible from the air suggest that the site may have been inhabited as far back as
Roman
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times, however. An ordnance survey map from 1866 shows that there was a
blacksmith
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's workshop in the village at that time. During
World War II
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, various defences were established near the village, including anti-tank cubes on
Druridge Bay
Druridge Bay is a long bay on the North Sea in Northumberland, England, stretching from Amble in the north to Cresswell in the south.
Druridge Bay Country Park is situated on the bay, and part of the bay (the section near the farmstead of D ...
beach.
Chevington drift
There is a memorial stone on the site of the old drift entrance. The plaque is inscribed
See also
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Drift mining
Drift mining is either the mining of an ore deposit by underground methods, or the working of coal seams accessed by adits driven into the surface outcrop of the coal bed. A drift mine is an underground mine in which the entry or access is abo ...
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List of civil parishes in Northumberland
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Northumberland Wildlife Trust
References
External links
The History of East Chevington
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Civil parishes in Northumberland