Matfen
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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 Columbia, William Smithe. In 2001 it had a population of 495.
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- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Matfen
- UK place.static_image_name
- Matfen village green (geograph 2374157).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Matfen
- UK place.population
- 495
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Matfen
- UK place.unitary_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hexham
- UK place.post_town
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE20
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01661
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ029719
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- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Northumberland
- Population
- 555
- Image
- Matfen village green (geograph 2374157).jpg
- Dialing code
- 01661
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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 Columbia, William Smithe. In 2001 it had a population of 495.
==History== Matfen is a few miles north of Hadrian's Wall. About halfway between the two there is a prehistoric standing stone called Stob Stone, adjacent to Standing Stone Farmhouse. The stone is about seven feet high and decorated with cup marks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matfen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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