Name | Northumberland |
Alt names | NBL | source: Curious Fox: UK Counties and Shires [online] (2002). accessed 16 Dec 2002 |
| Norhumberland | source: Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (1998) |
| Northd | source: Royal Mail: PAF Digest [online] (2002) accessed 16 Dec 2002 |
| Northum | source: Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) xviii |
| Nthumb | source: BIAB Online (1999-2000) accessed 16 Dec 2002; UK Counties and Regions Abbreviations [web site] (1997-98) accessed 16 Dec 2002 |
Type | Historic county, Administrative county, Modern county |
Coordinates | 55.169°N 1.687°W |
Located in | England |
See also | Tyne and Wear, England | unitary authority which replaced Northumberland in 1974 |