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Whalton

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Also known as Whalton, Northumberland

Whalton is a small village in Northumberland, England. The population at the 2001 census was 427, which increased to 474 by the 2011 Census.

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Place details

Locality
Whalton
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.official_name
Whalton
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
North East England
UK place.unitary_england
Northumberland
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Northumberland
UK place.constituency_westminster
Hexham
UK place.population
427
UK place.population_ref
(2001 census)
UK place.post_town
MORPETH
UK place.postcode_area
NE
UK place.postcode_district
NE61
UK place.os_grid_reference
NZ129814
UK place.static_image
St. Mary Magdalene church Whalton.jpg
UK place.static_image_width
240px
UK place.static_image_caption
St. Mary Magdalene

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Northumberland
Population
474
Image
St. Mary Magdalene church Whalton.jpg
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Commons category
Whalton
OS grid reference
NZ129814
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Encyclopedic overview

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Whalton is a small village in Northumberland, England. The population at the 2001 census was 427, which increased to 474 by the 2011 Census.

It hosts an annual Bale Fire on 4 July, the date on which midsummer's eve was celebrated before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar to England in 1752. It features morris dancing and dancing by the children of the village school outside of the Beresford Arms, which provides beer and a barbecue.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whalton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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