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Acomb, Northumberland

Village in Northumberland, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	Acomb rooftops. - geograph.org.uk - 6250.jpg
static_image_caption	Acomb rooftops
official_name	Acomb
coordinates
population	1,184
population_ref	(2001 census)
unitary_england	Northumberland
lieutenancy_england	Northumberland
region	North East England
constituency_westminster	Hexham
post_town	HEXHAM
postcode_district	NE46
postcode_area	NE
dial_code	01434
os_grid_reference	NY931664
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Acomb is a village in the south of Northumberland, England. The population at the 2001 Census was 1,184 increasing to 1,268 at the 2011 Census. It is situated to the north of Hexham, not far from the junction of the A69 road and A6079 road. The name is Anglo-Saxon Old English acum, 'at the oak trees'. The traditional pronunciation of the name was "Yeckam".

History

Some Bronze Age cists have been discovered in this vicinity. Hadrian's Wall runs about 1 mile (1.5 km) to the NE of Acomb, where the site of Chesters Roman Fort is located.

Governance

Acomb is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

Economy

In 1886, the coal mine at Acomb employed 200 workers, and 51,000 tons of coal per year were raised.

Religious sites

The Church of St John Lee is a church dedicated to St John of Beverley, reportedly a local hermit and worker of miracles. There was a medieval church, but it was rebuilt in 1818 by John Dobson and expanded by Hicks in 1885. In 1765, Robert Scott, a Northumbrian piper, was marrying Jean Middlemas. Scott used crutches to walk, but on his wedding day he walked from his home village of Wall, Northumberland to the church without his crutches. He walked back again with a group of fellow pipers.{{cite book

References

"Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics".
United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, NY, Landranger (2004)
"Civil Parish population 2011".
link. (7 January 2007)
P. H. Reaney. (1969). "The Origin of English Place Names". Routledge and Kegan Paul.
"Site Details".

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