An introduction to Newbrough

The parish has 8 square miles of scenic riverside, woodland and upland fells within its boundaries and includes the village of Newbrough and the rural hamlet of Settlingstones. The name Newbrough comes from the Old English “neowe (or niwe)+burh” meaning simply a “new fortification”.

The parish stretches from the banks of the South Tyne northwards beyond the line of Hadrian’s Wall. In former times, the village was a prominent mining, farming and droving settlement as the “Town Hall” would indicate. The village straddles the “Stanegate” the Roman road and the northern frontier of the Empire until Hadrian’s Wall was built in AD122.

St Peter’s church, just on the western boundary of Newbrough, was built on the site of a Roman fort which was as important as Vindolanda (six miles to the west). There is a variety of dwellings as Newbrough contains traditional and modern stone built houses, a former manor and a former council estate. The village has a first school and a Women's Institute, town hall and village inn.

Selected Links

• The Hexham Courant [http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/]
• Northumberland County Council [http://www.northumberland.gov.uk]
• Northumberland Tourist Board [http://www.ntb.org.uk]

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