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Henshaw

Henshaw is a small village and civil parish in , within the vicinity of the ancient . It is located around 11.5 miles from , 25.5 miles from , and 33 miles from .
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Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Hamlet with 684 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Northumberland, England
  • Also known as: “Henshaw, Northumberland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vindolanda and Sycamore Gap tree.

Fort
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD.

Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 120-year-old sycamore tree next to near in , England.

Railway station
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bardon Mill is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated 27 miles 54 chains east of Carlisle, serves the village of in , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haltwhistle and Once Brewed.

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
is a market town in , along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. It lies on the Military Road. A motorist arriving over the B6318 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".

Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of with Whitfield, in , England about a mile southeast of . In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. is situated 3 miles west of Henshaw.

Henshaw

Latitude
54.9764° or 54° 58′ 35″ north
Longitude
-2.3717° or 2° 22′ 18″ west
Population
684
Elevation
994 feet (303 metres)
Open location code
9C6VXJGH+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 612424585
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7291393
Wiki­data ID
Q1877530
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Henshaw” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Henshaw”
  • Cebuano: “Henshaw”
  • Chinese: “Henshaw”
  • Chinese: “亨肖”
  • Dutch: “Henshaw”
  • French: “Henshaw”
  • Irish: “Henshaw”
  • Italian: “Henshaw”
  • Ladin: “Henshaw”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Henshaw”
  • Persian: “هنشو، نورث‌آمبرلند”
  • Polish: “Henshaw”
  • Swedish: “Henshaw”
  • Welsh: “Henshaw, Northumberland”
  • Welsh: “Henshaw”
  • “Henshaw”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include All Hallows Henshaw and Henshaw Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School.

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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 “Henshaw”. Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.