Place:Akeld, Northumberland, England

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NameAkeld
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates55.559°N 2.073°W
Located inNorthumberland, England
See alsoKirknewton, Northumberland, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Glendale Ward, Northumberland, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Glendale Rural, Northumberland, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1974
Humbleton, Northumberland, Englandparish absorbed into it in 1955
Berwick upon Tweed District, Northumberland, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2009
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Akeld is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the west of Wooler, and had a population of 82 in the 2001 UK census, increasing to 221 at the 2011 UK census. Akeld is dominated by the buildings of Akeld Manor and Country Club. To the south is Akeld Bastle, a sixteenth-century bastle house. Only the ground floor remains of the original building, the rest having been rebuilt in the eighteenth century.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Akeld from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"AKELD, a township in Kirknewton parish, Northumberland; near the river Glen, 2 miles NW of Wooler. Acres: 2,208. Population: 162. Houses: 33."

Akeld was originally a township in the ancient parish of Kirknewton, Northumberland. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1974 the parish was part of Glendale Rural District. In 1955 it absorbed the neighbouring parish of Humbleton. In 1974 rural districts were abolished and Akeld became part of the Berwick upon Tweed District until 2009 when Northumberland became a unitary authority.


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