Rock, Northumberland
Rock | |
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![]() Rock village | |
Location within Northumberland | |
OS grid reference | NU205205 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ALNWICK |
Postcode district | NE66 |
Dialling code | 01665 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Northumberland |
Ambulance | North East |
UK Parliament | |
Rock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Rennington, in Northumberland, England about 5 miles (8 km) north of Alnwick. In 1951 the parish had a population of 162.[1]
Buildings
[edit]The single street has on one side cottages and gardens; on the other, an ornamental lake. At the end is a little Norman church; and beyond that, the battlements and towers of Rock Hall. The sundial and the inscribed stone in the end wall of the schoolroom were originally part of a residence of the Salkelds which stood on the site. The Hall was then their seat – their coat of arms still remains above an old, blocked doorway to the right of the modern entrance. Later a branch of the Fenwicks lived here. It was a John Fenwick of Rock that was hanged for the murder of Mr. Ferdinando Forster at the White Cross, Newgate Street, Newcastle, in 1701.
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The Hall dates to the 12th or 13th century. The south wing was converted into a defensible tower house in the late 14th or early 15th century, the whole was remodelled in the 17th century, but the house was left ruinous by a fire in 1752, before being restored and extended by Charles Bosanquet in the 19th century.[2]
The same Charles Bosanquet also restored the church. The west door of this splendid little edifice is a rich piece of original Norman work. The gargoyles are noteworthy. The memorial brass within to Colonel John Salkeld does not mention that the worthy colonel killed a Swinburne of Capheaton near the gates of Meldon and only just escaped hanging.[3]
Governance
[edit]Rock is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Rock was formerly a township and chapelry in Embleton parish,[4] from 1866 Rock was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Rennington.[5]
Religious sites
[edit]The church is dedicated to St Philip and St James.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population statistics Rock Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Rock Hall at British Listed Buildings Online
- ^ Hugill, Robert (1931). Road Guide to Northumberland and The Border. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Andrew Reid & Company, Limited.
- ^ "History of Rock, in Alnwick and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Rock Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 146. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.
External links
[edit] Media related to Rock, Northumberland at Wikimedia Commons
- GENUKI (Accessed: 27 November 2008)