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| Name | Hepburn |
| Alt names | Hebburn (near Wooler) | source: alternate name | | Hebburn | source: alternate name | | Hepburn | source: Family History Library Catalog |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 55.509°N 1.917°W |
| Located in | Northumberland, England ( - 1955) |
| See also | Chillingham, Northumberland, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Glendale Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Glendale Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1955 | | Chillingham, Northumberland, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hepburn from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "HEBBURN, or HEPBURN, a township in Chillingham parish, Northumberland; 5 miles SE of Wooler. Population: 77. Houses: 19. Hebburn Wood is a maze of birches, ferns, and rock; Hebburn Crags are crowned with an ancient camp; and Hebburn Tower, within a gate of Chillingham Park, is a good old peel, with a fine pointed window. Limestone is quarried."
Hepburn was originally a township in the ancient parish of Chillingham, Northumberland. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 until 1955 the parish was part of Glendale Rural District. In 1955 it was abolished and absorbed back into Chillingham.
Research Tips
- Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.
- Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455
- There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.
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