Tynedale
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| Tynedale District | |
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| Image:NorthumberlandTynedale.png Shown within Northumberland | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | North East England |
| Admin. County: | Northumberland |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 2nd 2,219.43 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Hexham |
| ONS code: | 35UF |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density | Ranked 330th 59,500 27 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.3% White |
| Politics | |
| Tynedale Council http://www.tynedale.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Control: | Conservative |
| MP: | Peter Atkinson |
Tynedale, is a local government district in south-west Northumberland, England. It had a resident population of 58,808 according to Census 2001, and is named after the River Tyne (and also the old Tynedale ward). Its main towns are Hexham, Haltwhistle and Prudhoe. The district contains part of Hadrian's Wall.
With an area of 2,219 km² it is the second largest English district, after the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is bigger than several English counties, including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Hertfordshire. It is also the second-least densely populated district (behind Eden, Cumbria). The current district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of Hexham and Prudhoe urban districts, along with Bellingham, Haltwhistle and Hexham Rural Districts.
Tynedale was historically a liberty created alongside Hexhamshire by Henry I of England.
[edit] Settlements and civil parishes
Tynedale contains the settlements and civil parishes of (towns highlighted in bold):
- Acomb, Allendale
- Bardon Mill, Bavington, Bellingham, Birtley, Blanchland, Broomhaugh and Riding, Broomley, Bywell
- Chollerton, Coanwood, Corbridge, Corsenside
- Falstone, Featherstone
- Greenhead, Greystead
- Haltwhistle, Hartleyburn, Haydon, Healey, Hedley, Henshaw, Hexham, Hexhamshire, Hexhamshire Low Quarter, Horsley, Humshaugh
- Juniper
- Kielder, Kirkwhelpington, Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh
- Melkridge, Mickley
- Newbrough
- Otterburn, Ovingham, Ovington
- Plenmeller with Whitfield, Prudhoe
- Rochester
- Sandhoe, Shotley Low Quarter, Simonburn, Slaley, Stocksfield
- Tarset, Thirlwall
- Wall, Warden, Wark, West Allen, Whitfield, Whittington, Wylam
[edit] External links
- Statistics about the Tynedale district from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001
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