New Ridley is a hamlet in the county of

Northumberland Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ...

, England. It is in the parish of Stocksfield and the

parliamentary In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

constituency of

Hexham Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham was the administra ...

. It is one of four "Ridleys" in the parish, along with ''Old Ridley'', ''East Ridley'' and ''Ridley Mill''. Services in New Ridley include Stocksfield Golf Club and the Dr. Syntax public house.Whatpub.com. ''Dr. Syntax, New Ridley.''
/ref> The pub is named after a racehorse of the same name which was in turn named after a fictional character created by the writer William Combe.

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* Villages in Northumberland {{Northumberland-geo-stub