en.unionpedia.org

Kilham, Northumberland, the Glossary

Kilham is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland, located west of Wooler, east of Kelso, south west of Berwick-upon-Tweed and north west of Morpeth.^[1]

Open in Google Maps

219 relations: A697 road, Aberdeen Angus, Akeld, Alan Beith, Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, Alnus glutinosa, Alnwick, Andesite, Anglo-Scottish border, Aquifer, Ashlar, Ayr, B roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, Barnard Castle, Bastle house, Berkshire Hathaway, Berwick Academy, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Berwick Infirmary, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency), Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station, Bilberry, Blanket bog, Borehole, Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Boulmer, Bowmont Water, Branxton, Northumberland, Bressummer, British Iron Age, British Rail, Bronze Age Britain, Business and Enterprise College, Cairn, Callitriche, Calluna, Campanula rotundifolia, Catholic Church, Cement render, Chathill railway station, Cheviot Hills, Chillingham Castle, Church of Scotland, Cist, Civil parish, CK Infrastructure Holdings, Common blackbird, Common buzzard, Common kestrel, Common kingfisher, ... Expand index (169 more) »

A697 road

The A697 is a road that can be used an alternative to the A1 for those travelling between Scotland and England via the North East.

See Kilham, Northumberland and A697 road

Aberdeen Angus

The Aberdeen Angus, sometimes simply Angus, is a Scottish breed of small beef cattle.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Aberdeen Angus

Akeld

Akeld is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. Kilham, Northumberland and Akeld are civil parishes in Northumberland and villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Akeld

Alan Beith

Alan James Beith, Baron Beith, (born 20 April 1943) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Alan Beith

Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland

Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, (20 May 1810 – 2 January 1899), styled Lord Lovaine between 1830 and 1865 and Earl Percy between 1865 and 1867, was a British Conservative politician.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland

Alnus glutinosa

Alnus glutinosa, the common alder, black alder, European alder, European black alder, or just alder, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to most of Europe, southwest Asia and northern Africa.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Alnus glutinosa

Alnwick

Alnwick is a market town in Northumberland, England, of which it is the traditional county town. Kilham, Northumberland and Alnwick are civil parishes in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Alnwick

Andesite

Andesite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Andesite

Anglo-Scottish border

The Anglo-Scottish border is an internal border of the United Kingdom separating Scotland and England which runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Anglo-Scottish border

Aquifer

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing material, consisting of permeable or fractured rock, or of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).

See Kilham, Northumberland and Aquifer

Ashlar

Ashlar is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Ashlar

Ayr

Ayr (Ayr; Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Ayr

B roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads.

See Kilham, Northumberland and B roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Barnard Castle

Bastle house

Bastel, bastle, or bastille houses are a type of construction found along the Anglo-Scottish border, in the areas formerly plagued by border reivers.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Bastle house

Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Berkshire Hathaway

Berwick Academy, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick Academy (formerly Berwick Community High School) is a coeducational upper school and sixth form located in Berwick-upon-Tweed in the English county of Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Berwick Academy, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick Infirmary

Berwick Infirmary is a community hospital in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Berwick Infirmary

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed, sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. Kilham, Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed are civil parishes in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)

Berwick-upon-Tweed was a parliamentary constituency in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a Conservative.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)

Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station

Berwick-upon-Tweed is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between and.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station

Bilberry

Bilberries or blueberries are Eurasian low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bear edible, dark blue berries.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Bilberry

Blanket bog

Blanket bog or blanket mire, also known as featherbed bog, is an area of peatland, forming where there is a climate of high rainfall and a low level of evapotranspiration, allowing peat to develop not only in wet hollows but over large expanses of undulating ground.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Blanket bog

Borehole

A borehole is a narrow shaft bored in the ground, either vertically or horizontally.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Borehole

Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed was a local government district and borough in Northumberland in the north-east of England, on the border with Scotland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Boulmer

Boulmer is a village in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coast east of Alnwick. Kilham, Northumberland and Boulmer are villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Boulmer

Bowmont Water

Bowmont Water is a stream in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland, England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Bowmont Water

Branxton, Northumberland

Branxton is a village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England. Kilham, Northumberland and Branxton, Northumberland are villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Branxton, Northumberland

Bressummer

A bressummer, breastsummer, summer beam (somier, sommier, sommer, somer, cross-somer, summer, summier, summer-tree, or dorman, dormant tree) is a load-bearing beam in a timber-framed building.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Bressummer

British Iron Age

The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.

See Kilham, Northumberland and British Iron Age

British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

See Kilham, Northumberland and British Rail

Bronze Age Britain

Bronze Age Britain is an era of British history that spanned from until.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Bronze Age Britain

Business and Enterprise College

Business and Enterprise Colleges (BECs) were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Business and Enterprise College

Cairn

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Cairn

Callitriche

Callitriche is a genus of largely aquatic plants known as water-starwort.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Callitriche

Calluna

Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Calluna

Campanula rotundifolia

Campanula rotundifolia, the common harebell, Scottish bluebell, or bluebell of Scotland, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Campanula rotundifolia

Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Catholic Church

Cement render

Cement render or cement plaster is the application of a mortar mix of sand and cement, (optionally lime) and water to brick, concrete, stone, or mud brick.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Cement render

Chathill railway station

Chathill is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between and.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Chathill railway station

Cheviot Hills

The Cheviot Hills, or sometimes The Cheviots, are a range of uplands straddling the Anglo-Scottish border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Cheviot Hills

Chillingham Castle

Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Chillingham Castle

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (The Kirk o Scotland; Eaglais na h-Alba) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Church of Scotland

Cist

In archeology, a cist (also kist; from κίστη, Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) or cist grave is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Cist

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Civil parish

CK Infrastructure Holdings

CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI) is the largest publicly listed infrastructure company in Hong Kong with diversified investments in energy infrastructure, transportation Infrastructure, water Infrastructure and infrastructure related business, parented by CK Hutchison Holdings, businessman Li Ka Shing's flagship company.

See Kilham, Northumberland and CK Infrastructure Holdings

Common blackbird

The common blackbird (Turdus merula) is a species of true thrush.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Common blackbird

Common buzzard

The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Common buzzard

Common kestrel

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel or Old World kestrel, is a species of predatory bird belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Common kestrel

Common kingfisher

The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Common kingfisher

Common pheasant

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae).

See Kilham, Northumberland and Common pheasant

Conglomerate (company)

A conglomerate is a type of multi-industry company that consists of several different and unrelated business entities that operate in various industries under one corporate group.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Conglomerate (company)

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Conservative Party (UK)

Cornhill-on-Tweed

Cornhill-on-Tweed is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England about to the east of Coldstream, Scotland. Kilham, Northumberland and Cornhill-on-Tweed are civil parishes in Northumberland and villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Cornhill-on-Tweed

CrossCountry

CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited) is a British train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the current CrossCountry franchise.

See Kilham, Northumberland and CrossCountry

Cuthbert

Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (– 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Cuthbert

Cyperaceae

The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Cyperaceae

Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Devonian

Dianthus deltoides

Dianthus deltoides, the maiden pink, is a species of Dianthus native to most of Europe and western Asia.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Dianthus deltoides

Digitalis purpurea

Digitalis purpurea, the foxglove or common foxglove, is a toxic species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, native to and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Digitalis purpurea

Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Dissolution of the monasteries

Distribution network operator

A distribution network operator (DNO), also known as a distribution system operator (DSO), is the operator of the electric power distribution system which delivers electricity to most end users.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Distribution network operator

Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children

Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children (also known as Divine and Moral Songs for Children and other similar titles) is a collection of didactic, moral poetry for children by Isaac Watts, first published in 1715.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children

Dovecote

A dovecote or dovecot, doocot (Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Dovecote

Durham Constabulary

Durham Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the council areas of County Durham and Darlington in North East England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Durham Constabulary

East Coast Main Line

The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at London King's Cross station.

See Kilham, Northumberland and East Coast Main Line

Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Edinburgh Waverley (also known simply as Edinburgh; Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Education in England

Education in England is overseen by the Department for Education.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Education in England

Eildon Hill

Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Eildon Hill

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Elizabeth I

England and Wales

England and Wales is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.

See Kilham, Northumberland and England and Wales

England in the Middle Ages

England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485.

See Kilham, Northumberland and England in the Middle Ages

Entablature

An entablature (nativization of Italian intavolatura, from in "in" and tavola "table") is the superstructure of moldings and bands which lies horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Entablature

Epirrhoe rivata

Epirrhoe rivata, the wood carpet, is a moth of the genus Epirrhoe in the family Geometridae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Epirrhoe rivata

Erica tetralix

Erica tetralix, the cross-leaved heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to western Europe.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Erica tetralix

Eriophorum angustifolium

Eriophorum angustifolium, commonly known as common cottongrass or common cottonsedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Eriophorum angustifolium

Etal, Northumberland

Etal is a small village in the far north of the county of Northumberland, England, in the civil parish of Ford. Kilham, Northumberland and Etal, Northumberland are villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Etal, Northumberland

Eurasian curlew

The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Eurasian curlew

Eurasian oystercatcher

The Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) also known as the common pied oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Eurasian oystercatcher

Eurasian wren

The Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) or northern wren is a very small insectivorous bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia and Africa (Maghreb).

See Kilham, Northumberland and Eurasian wren

Festoon

A festoon (from French feston, Italian festone, from a Late Latin festo, originally a festal garland, Latin festum, feast) is a wreath or garland hanging from two points, and in architecture typically a carved ornament depicting conventional arrangement of flowers, foliage or fruit bound together and suspended by ribbons.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Festoon

Flax

Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Flax

Flint

Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Flint

Ford, Northumberland

Ford is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, about from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Kilham, Northumberland and Ford, Northumberland are civil parishes in Northumberland and villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Ford, Northumberland

Galium saxatile

Galium saxatile or heath bedstraw is a plant species of the genus Galium.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Galium saxatile

Game (hunting)

Game or quarry is any wild animal hunted for animal products (primarily meat), for recreation ("sporting"), or for trophies.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Game (hunting)

Gargrave

Gargrave is a large village and civil parish in the former Craven District of North Yorkshire, England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Gargrave

Geranium sanguineum

Geranium sanguineum, common name bloody crane's-bill or bloody geranium, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the cranesbill family Geraniaceae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Geranium sanguineum

Glendale, Northumberland

Glendale is the name of a valley in North Northumberland that runs from the Cheviot Hills at Kirknewton onto the Milfield Plain, formed by the River Glen.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Glendale, Northumberland

Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Granite

Grey heron

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Grey heron

Growing season

A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Growing season

Habitats Directive

The Habitats Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) is a directive adopted by the European Community in 1992 as a response to the Berne Convention.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Habitats Directive

Hang gliding

Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Hang gliding

Hearth

A hearth is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a horizontal hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos (a low, partial wall behind a hearth), fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Hearth

Heatherslaw Light Railway

The Heatherslaw Light Railway is a gauge passenger carrying railway near Ford, Northumberland, England, close to the border with Scotland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Heatherslaw Light Railway

Hemp

Hemp, or industrial hemp, is a plant in the botanical class of Cannabis sativa cultivars grown specifically for industrial and consumable use.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Hemp

Henry I of England

Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Henry I of England

Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Heritage railway

Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Hillfort

Hillforts in Britain

Hillforts in Britain refers to the various hillforts within the island of Great Britain.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Hillforts in Britain

Howtel

Howtel is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilham, in Northumberland, England about northwest of Wooler. Kilham, Northumberland and Howtel are villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Howtel

Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum perforatum, commonly known as St John's wort (sometimes perforate St John's wort or common St John's wort), is a flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Hypericum perforatum

Ilderton, Northumberland

Ilderton is a small village in Northumberland, England. Kilham, Northumberland and Ilderton, Northumberland are villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Ilderton, Northumberland

Inglenook Sidings

Inglenook Sidings, created by Alan Wright (1928 - January 2005), is a model railway train shunting puzzle.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Inglenook Sidings

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581) was a Scottish nobleman.

See Kilham, Northumberland and James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton

Kelso Abbey

Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey in Kelso, Scotland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Kelso Abbey

Kelso, Scottish Borders

Kelso is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Kelso, Scottish Borders

Kiln

A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, a type of oven, that produces temperatures sufficient to complete some process, such as hardening, drying, or chemical changes.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Kiln

Kirkham Priory

The ruins of Kirkham Priory are situated on the banks of the River Derwent, at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Kirkham Priory

Kirknewton, Northumberland

Kirknewton is a Northumbrian village in the north of the county of Northumberland, about from the town of Wooler and roughly the same distance to the Scottish Borders. Kilham, Northumberland and Kirknewton, Northumberland are civil parishes in Northumberland and villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Kirknewton, Northumberland

Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Liberal Democrats (UK)

Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Kilham, Northumberland and Lindisfarne are civil parishes in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Lindisfarne

List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northumberland

This is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Northumberland, England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northumberland

List of Special Areas of Conservation in England

The following is a list of Special Areas of Conservation in England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and List of Special Areas of Conservation in England

Littorella

Littorella is a genus of two to three species of aquatic plants.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Littorella

Local board of health

A local board of health (or simply a local board) was a local authority in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Local board of health

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Local Government Act 1894

London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.

See Kilham, Northumberland and London and North Eastern Railway

London King's Cross railway station

King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.

See Kilham, Northumberland and London King's Cross railway station

London North Eastern Railway

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a British train operating company.

See Kilham, Northumberland and London North Eastern Railway

Long-distance trail

A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-country skiing.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Long-distance trail

Longhouse

A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Longhouse

Lord Warden of the Marches

The Lord Warden of the Marches was an office in the governments of Scotland and England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Lord Warden of the Marches

Lycopus europaeus

Lycopus europaeus, common names gypsywort, gipsywort, bugleweed, European bugleweed and water horehound, is a perennial plant in the genus Lycopus, native to Europe and Asia, and naturalized elsewhere.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Lycopus europaeus

Mallard

The mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Mallard

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Mary, Queen of Scots

Melrose, Scottish Borders

Melrose (Maolros, "bald moor") is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Melrose, Scottish Borders

Milfield

Milfield is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Wooler. Kilham, Northumberland and Milfield are villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Milfield

Mindrum

Mindrum is a village in Northumberland, England, in the district of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Kilham, Northumberland and Mindrum are villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Mindrum

Morpeth, Northumberland

Morpeth is a historic market town in Northumberland, England, lying on the River Wansbeck. Kilham, Northumberland and Morpeth, Northumberland are civil parishes in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Morpeth, Northumberland

Mountain rescue in England and Wales

Mountain rescue services in England and Wales operate under the association of Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW), formerly called Mountain Rescue Council of England & Wales.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Mountain rescue in England and Wales

National Healthy Schools Programme

The National Healthy Schools Programme (NHSP) was a joint Department of Health and Department for Children, Schools and Families project intended to improve health, raise pupil achievement, improve social inclusion and encourage closer working between health and education providers in the United Kingdom.

See Kilham, Northumberland and National Healthy Schools Programme

National Museum of Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland is a museum of Scottish history and culture.

See Kilham, Northumberland and National Museum of Scotland

National school (England and Wales)

A National school was a school founded in 19th-century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.

See Kilham, Northumberland and National school (England and Wales)

Nebraska

Nebraska is a triply landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Nebraska

Neighbourhood policing team

A neighbourhood policing team (NPT), also sometimes known as safer neighbourhood team (SNT), is a small team of police officers and police community support officers (usually 3-10 strong) who are dedicated to policing a certain community or area.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Neighbourhood policing team

Newcastle railway station

Newcastle station (also known as Newcastle Central and locally as Central Station) is a railway station in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Newcastle railway station

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne

North East Ambulance Service

The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) is an NHS foundation trust responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in North East England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and North East Ambulance Service

North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)

The North Eastern Railway (NER) was an English railway company.

See Kilham, Northumberland and North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)

North Sea

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

See Kilham, Northumberland and North Sea

Northern England

Northern England, or the North of England, is a region that forms the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northern England

Northern lapwing

The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing subfamily.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northern lapwing

Northern Powergrid

Northern Powergrid Holdings Company (formerly CE Electric UK Funding Company) is an electrical distribution company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne in England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northern Powergrid

Northern Trains

Northern Trains, trading as Northern, is a British train operating company owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT), after the previous operator Arriva Rail North had its franchise terminated at the end of February 2020.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northern Trains

Northumberland

Northumberland is a ceremonial county in North East England, bordering Scotland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northumberland

Northumberland Constabulary

Northumberland Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Northumberland, England, from 1969 until 1974.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northumberland Constabulary

Northumberland County Council

Northumberland County Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Northumberland in North East England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northumberland County Council

Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service

Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Northumberland in North East England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service

Northumberland National Park

Northumberland National Park is the northernmost national park in England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northumberland National Park

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust which provides hospital and community health services in North Tyneside and hospital, community health and adult social care services in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Police

Northumbria Police is a territorial police force in England, responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northumbria Police

Northumbrian Water

Northumbrian Water Limited is a water company in the United Kingdom, providing mains water and sewerage services in the English counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire, and also supplying water as Essex and Suffolk Water.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Northumbrian Water

Ofsted

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Ofsted

Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Old English

Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Ordnance Survey

Oswine of Deira

Oswine, Oswin or Osuine (died 20 August 651) was a King of Deira in northern England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Oswine of Deira

Paragliding

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Paragliding

Parish council (England)

A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Parish council (England)

Patronage

Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Patronage

Peel tower

Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Peel tower

Poaching

Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Poaching

Ponteland

Ponteland is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England. Kilham, Northumberland and Ponteland are civil parishes in Northumberland and villages in Northumberland.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Ponteland

Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey denying the right of the poor to subsistence.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

Pope Gregory I

Pope Gregory I (Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Pope Gregory I

Potamogeton obtusifolius

Potamogeton obtusifolius, known as blunt-leaved pondweed, is an aquatic plant in the genus Potamogeton.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Potamogeton obtusifolius

Potentilla erecta

Potentilla erecta (syn. Tormentilla erecta, Potentilla laeta, Potentilla tormentilla, known as the (common) tormentil, septfoil or erect cinquefoil) is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the rose family (Rosaceae).

See Kilham, Northumberland and Potentilla erecta

Privy Council of England

The Privy Council of England, also known as His (or Her) Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, was a body of advisers to the sovereign of the Kingdom of England.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Privy Council of England

Ralph Ellerker

Sir Ralph Ellerker (died 1546) of Risby, Yorkshire was an English soldier, knight and Member of Parliament.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Ralph Ellerker

Rapier

A rapier or espada ropera is a type of sword originally used in Renaissance Spain.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Rapier

Regent

In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Regent

Rising of the North

The Rising of the North of 1569, also called the Revolt of the Northern Earls or Northern Rebellion, was an unsuccessful attempt by Catholic nobles from Northern England to depose Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.

See Kilham, Northumberland and Rising of the North

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilham,_Northumberland

Also known as Coldsmouth and Thompson's Walls, Coldsmouth and Thompsons Walls, Langham, Northumberland, Pawston, Thornington.

, Common pheasant, Conglomerate (company), Conservative Party (UK), Cornhill-on-Tweed, CrossCountry, Cuthbert, Cyperaceae, Devonian, Dianthus deltoides, Digitalis purpurea, Dissolution of the monasteries, Distribution network operator, Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children, Dovecote, Durham Constabulary, East Coast Main Line, Edinburgh Waverley railway station, Education in England, Eildon Hill, Elizabeth I, England and Wales, England in the Middle Ages, Entablature, Epirrhoe rivata, Erica tetralix, Eriophorum angustifolium, Etal, Northumberland, Eurasian curlew, Eurasian oystercatcher, Eurasian wren, Festoon, Flax, Flint, Ford, Northumberland, Galium saxatile, Game (hunting), Gargrave, Geranium sanguineum, Glendale, Northumberland, Granite, Grey heron, Growing season, Habitats Directive, Hang gliding, Hearth, Heatherslaw Light Railway, Hemp, Henry I of England, Heritage railway, Hillfort, Hillforts in Britain, Howtel, Hypericum perforatum, Ilderton, Northumberland, Inglenook Sidings, James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Kelso Abbey, Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kiln, Kirkham Priory, Kirknewton, Northumberland, Liberal Democrats (UK), Lindisfarne, List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Northumberland, List of Special Areas of Conservation in England, Littorella, Local board of health, Local Government Act 1894, London and North Eastern Railway, London King's Cross railway station, London North Eastern Railway, Long-distance trail, Longhouse, Lord Warden of the Marches, Lycopus europaeus, Mallard, Mary, Queen of Scots, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Milfield, Mindrum, Morpeth, Northumberland, Mountain rescue in England and Wales, National Healthy Schools Programme, National Museum of Scotland, National school (England and Wales), Nebraska, Neighbourhood policing team, Newcastle railway station, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East Ambulance Service, North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom), North Sea, Northern England, Northern lapwing, Northern Powergrid, Northern Trains, Northumberland, Northumberland Constabulary, Northumberland County Council, Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service, Northumberland National Park, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Northumbria Police, Northumbrian Water, Ofsted, Old English, Ordnance Survey, Oswine of Deira, Paragliding, Parish council (England), Patronage, Peel tower, Poaching, Ponteland, Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, Pope Gregory I, Potamogeton obtusifolius, Potentilla erecta, Privy Council of England, Ralph Ellerker, Rapier, Regent, Rising of the North, River Till, Northumberland, Robert Bowes (lawyer), Robert Burns, Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth, Robert Story (poet), Romano-British culture, Rosa canina, Rothbury, Roundhouse (dwelling), Salix alba, Sandstone, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Sedge warbler, Shieling, Short-eared owl, Sixth form, Slate industry in Wales, Specialist school, Sphagnum, Sportsmark, St Cuthbert's Way, Stellaria graminea, Technology College, The High Level Ranters, Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, Thymus serpyllum, Toft village, Train shunting puzzle, True thrush, Turnpike trust, Tuscany, Tweedmouth, Ulex, Vill, Walking in the United Kingdom, Walter Espec, Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, Wark on Tweed, Weather station, Wooler, Yeavering Bell, Yetholm, York, Yorkshire, 2009 structural changes to local government in England.

Kilham, Northumberland, the Glossary

Table of Contents