Sharperton
Sharperton is a small settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harbottle, in Northumberland, England. Sharperton is the site of a deserted medieval village, which was documented as having 14 taxpayers in 1296, and described as having two short rows of dwellings in 1632.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Northumberland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Sharperton, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Lady’s Well and Harbottle Castle.
Harbottle Castle
Castle
Photo: Worldfootage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harbottle Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated at the west end of the village of Harbottle, Northumberland, England, 9 miles west-north-west of Rothbury overlooking the River Coquet. Harbottle Castle is situated 1½ miles west of Sharperton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holystone and Harbottle.
Holystone
Hamlet
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holystone is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harbottle, in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of the Northumberland National Park on the north bank of the River Coquet.
Harbottle
Hamlet
Photo: Glennsmart, Public domain.
Harbottle is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England about 10 miles south-east of the Scottish border, in the southeastern part of the Cheviot Hills and inside Northumberland National Park. Harbottle is situated 1½ miles west of Sharperton.
Hepple
Village
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hepple is a small village and parish in rural Northumberland, 4 miles west of Rothbury, which provides most of its local services. It is on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, and lies on the bank of the river Coquet, at a location which was on the Coquet Stop Line, of which a pillbox remains. Hepple is situated 2½ miles southeast of Sharperton.
Sharperton
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.32919° or 55° 19′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.06794° or 2° 4′ 5″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C7V8WHJ+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 316700182OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
Discover Sharperton from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Sharperton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sharperton”
- French: “Sharperton”
- Irish: “Sharperton”
- Polish: “Sharperton”
- Swedish: “Sharperton”
- Welsh: “Sharperton”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Farnham and Sharperton Edge.
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Highlights include Holystone Village Post Office and St Mary the Virgin Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sharperton”. Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.