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Mickley, Northumberland

Coordinates: 54°56′41″N 1°52′29″W / 54.9448°N 1.8748°W / 54.9448; -1.8748
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Mickley
Mickley is located in Northumberland
Mickley
Mickley
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNZ077620
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPRUDHOE
Postcode districtNE43
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54°56′41″N 1°52′29″W / 54.9448°N 1.8748°W / 54.9448; -1.8748

Mickley is a cluster of villages in the civil parish of Prudhoe in Northumberland, England.[1] It lies south of the River Tyne and is accessible via the A695. The electoral ward of Mickley comprises the hamlets of Mickley Square, West Mickley (including Mount Pleasant), High Mickley, plus Cherryburn and Eltringham Farm. The population is a little under one thousand.[2] In 1951 the parish had a population of 1862.[3]

The Mickley settlements are served by St George's Church, which was built in 1830. Other facilities in Mickley include a garden centre, two social clubs and a cafe on the A695. There is a public house (The Blue Bell Inn), dating from the 1820s, at Mount Pleasant.

The Mickley area is physically situated on a steep, north-facing hill that reaches 203 metres above sea level on Mickley Moor, where views over to both the Simonside Hills and even the Cheviot Hills are often visible on a clear day.

History

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Thomas Bewick, wood-engraver and author of A History of British Birds, the first practical field guide, was born in 1753 at Cherryburn House, just north of Mickley Square. Cherryburn House is now a National Trust site.

There were several collieries in Mickley. Mickley Moor Colliery operated from 1766 till about 1781.[4] Its successor, Mickley Colliery, was just below Mickley Square: it operated from the 1950s until the 1940s.[5] There were also drift mines at West Mickley, and in the woods to the East of Mickley Square.

This village once also produced "Mickley bricks," which can still be found in neighbouring areas. The brick kiln remains at the lower end of Mickley.

Governance

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Mickley was formerly a township and chapelry in Ovingham parish,[6] from 1866 Mickley was a civil parish in its own right[7] until it was abolished on 1 April 1974 and merged with Prudhoe.[8]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 88 Newcastle upon Tyne (Durham & Sunderland) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229989.
  2. ^ "Mickley Parish". Mickley plus. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Population statistics Mickley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. ^ Goodchild, J (1998). ""These grand affairs": the development of the Mickley Colliery" (PDF). British Mining. 61: 110–118.
  5. ^ "Mickley Colliery". Durham Mining Museum. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. ^ "History of Mickley, in Tynedale and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Mickley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Northumberland West Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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