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Whalton
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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.
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Northumberland
- Population
- 474
- Image
- St. Mary Magdalene church Whalton.jpg
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- Whalton
- OS grid reference
- NZ129814
- P8168
- Liam Gallagher
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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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