Brunton, Northumberland

Human settlement in England

Newton-by-the-Sea

Unitary authority

Northumberland

Northumberland

Region

North East

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

List of places: UK; England; Northumberland

55°30′50″N 1°40′37″W / 55.514°N 1.677°W / 55.514; -1.677

Brunton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton-by-the-Sea, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is about 7 miles (11 km) north of Alnwick, a short distance inland from the North Sea coast. In 1951 the parish had a population of 35.^[1]

The village is situated in open flat terrain and gives its name to a former WWII airfield RAF Brunton the concreted runways of which lie immediately north of the village. RAF Brunton was operational as a satellite training airfield for RAF Milfield from the summer of 1942 until early 1946.^[2]

Governance

Brunton is in the Northumberland County Council division of Longhoughton, and the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. In 1866 Brunton became a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Newton by the Sea.^[3]

References

^ "Population statistics Brunton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Brunton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ "Relationships and changes Brunton Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.