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Ancroft Northmoor
Ancroft Northmoor is a village in Northumberland, England. The population of the Civil Parish taken at the 2011 census was 895.
1. Governance
Ancroft Northmoor is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
1. References
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Berrington Lough Stadium
Berrington Lough Stadium also called the Berwick Motorcycle Centre was a purpose-built motorcycle speedway track located in Berrington Lough, a rural part of Northumberland, south of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The location of the track was approximately 1 mile north of Bowsden and 2 miles west of Berrington. The stadium was the home of the speedway team known as the Berwick Bandits. Today there is virtually no indication that a stadium existed, as a result of its demolition and removal.
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Shoreswood
Shoreswood is a place and civil parish about 6 miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed, in the county of Northumberland, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Shoresdean and Thornton. In 2011 the parish had a population of 148. The parish touches Ancroft, Duddo, Horncliffe, Norham and Ord.
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Duddo Five Stones
The Duddo Five Stones (grid reference NT930437) is a stone circle north of Duddo in North Northumberland, approximately 4 miles (6 km) South of the Scottish Border. The stones were known as the Four Stones until 1903, when the fifth stone was re-erected to improve the skyline. There were originally seven stones, the empty sockets of two stones being found on the western side during excavation in the 1890s.
The stones are formed of a soft sandstone. They have become deeply fissured by natural weathering since erection in the Early Bronze Age, around 4,000 years ago.
The site of the Duddo Stones offers panoramic views of the Cheviot Hills to the South and the Lammermuir Hills to the north.
The circle is accessible via the B6354 road, through a gate and up a path. The stones are on private land with no formal right of way, but the landowner has cleared a permissive path across the field to the stones. The location was the subject of an archeological investigation in 2008.
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Norham and Islandshires Rural District
Norham and Islandshires was a rural district in Northumberland, England from 1894 to 1974.
The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Berwick rural sanitary district. It contained all the historic area of Norhamshire and most of Islandshire, including Norham and Lindisfarne (Holy Island), which had been under the jurisdiction of the County Palatine of Durham until 1844.
The district survived until 1974, when it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972. It then formed part of the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed.