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BORDER VILLAGES |
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BLAKEHOPEBURNHAUGH |
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LOCATION Just west off the Otterburn-Carter Bar road, three miles south of Catcleugh Reservoir. |
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This place name is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest name in England, with 18 letters. The name means black valley stream with flat riverside. Its position as a record breaker is challenged by nearby Cottonshopeburn Foot which has 19 letters but it does not apparently qualify as the Ordnance Survey writes the name in two parts as Cottonshopeburn Foot. Following the valleys of North Tynedale and the Kielder burn, the forest road crosses the watershed between the rivers Tyne and Rede and follows the valley of the Blake Hope Burn into Redesdale. Where it crosses the River Rede is the tiny village of Blakeshopehaugh. This was a well used reiver route which also provided access from Scotland into England. |
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AROUND AND ABOUT Carter Bar Otterburn |