Place:Cocklaw, Northumberland, England

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NameCocklaw
Alt namesCockshawsource: typo
Cooklawsource: Wikipedia
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates55.035°N 2.097°W
Located inNorthumberland, England     ( - 1955)
See alsoLee St. John, Northumberland, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Tynedale Ward, Northumberland, Englandancient county division in which it was located
Hexham Rural, Northumberland, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1955
Wall, Northumberland, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Cooklaw [sic] is a small settlement in Northumberland, England. It is near the A6079 road and the River North Tyne.

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

"COCKLAW, a township in St. John-Lee parish, Northumberland; near the Roman wall and the North Tyne river, 4½ miles N of Hexham. Acres: 3,666. Population: 200. Houses: 38. Cocklaw tower here, now a ruin, was the seat of the Erringtons."

Cocklaw was originally a township in the ancient parish of Lee St. John. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1955 it was part of Hexham Rural District. In 1955 was absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Wall.

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