| Lambley | |
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 Lambley Viaduct | |
  Lambley Location withinNorthumberland | |
| Population | 32 |
| OS grid reference | NY675585 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Brampton |
| Postcode district | CA8 |
| Dialling code | 01434 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
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Lambley, formerly known as Harper Town,[1][2] is a village and formercivil parish, now in the parish ofCoanwood, inNorthumberland, England about four miles (six kilometres) southwest ofHaltwhistle. The village lies adjacent to theRiver South Tyne. In 1951 the parish had a population of 298.[3] The place name Lambley refers to the "pasture of lambs".[4]Lambley used to be the site of a small convent ofBenedictine Nuns, founded by Adam de Tindale and Heloise, his wife, in the 12th century. The Scots led byWilliam Wallace devastated it in 1296 [Rowland[4] gives 1297]. However it was restored and one William Tynedale was ordained priest to the nunnery in about 1508 – most likely notWilliam Tyndale, the reformer, as once believed[5] but another man of the same name.[6] At the time of the suppression of religious houses byHenry VIII, the nunnery contained six inmates. Nothing now remains but the bell from the nunnery, which hangs in the church, and a few carved stones.[1][7]The village lies in theMidgeholme Coalfield and there are reserves of good-qualitycoal remaining.[8]
Lambley is in theparliamentary constituency ofHexham. On 1 April 1955, the parish was abolished and merged with Coanwood.[9]
The area has previously been noted for coal mining based at Lambley Colliery. Coal reserves still exist in the area as part of theMidgeholme Coalfield. In 1990, an application was submitted to the County Council to open cast work 33 hectares of land (81.5 acres) by R and A Young Mining Ltd., Leadgate, Consett. The application noted the high-quality coal to be mined (low ash and low sulphur content and highcalorific value). Although this plan did not go ahead, a recent plan to open cast mine atHalton Lea Gate, a village one mile to the west of Lambley, has opened up the possibility of mining returning to the village. The Halton Lea Gate plan was approved by the government planning inspector in 2012.[10] An amended plan was approved by Northumberland County Council in January 2014.[11]
What was left of the nunnery was washed away by a great flood in about 1769.[12]On 8 January 2005 theRiver South Tyne flooded.[13] TheLambley Viaduct crosses the River Tyne at Lambley.[14]
The War Memorial is a cross about three metres (ten feet) in height, is located in the churchyard of the parish church ofSt. Mary andSt. Patrick. The village ofHartleyburn joined with Lambley in erecting the memorial which was unveiled by Colonel Sir Thomas Oliver on Saturday 21 February 1920.[15] The inscriptions and names on the War Memorial have been transcribed and published by the North East War Memorials Project.[16]
Those who gave their lives inThe Great War were:[15]Wilson Glenwright, William E. Marshall, William Riddell, andPhilip E. Bell.
Lambley was served byLambley railway station on theAlston Line fromHaltwhistle to Alston. The line opened in 1852 and closed in 1976.
Since 1983, a narrow gauge railway has opened on part of the original track bed. The railway, known as theSouth Tynedale Railway, is a 2-foot (0.61 m) gauge line and currently runs 8.5 km fromAlston to Slaggyford and includes a viaduct over theRiver South Tyne. The extension to Slaggyford from Linley was completed in 2017. The South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society plans to reopen the entire branch line to Haltwhistle from Alston.
Lambley was also served by a line west toBrampton, Carlisle, which closed in the 1950s. This line, sometimes referred to as Lord Carlisle's line, served Lambley colliery and other coal mining areas.[17]
The parish church of Lambley is in the area called Harper's Town, which suffered badly at the hands of the Scots.Hodgson found the church a very humble edifice, measuring 40 by 19 feet (12 by 6 metres). The pews and furniture were very rough carpentry, but it was used and had a Sunday School. It was rebuilt in 1885 to the designs of W. S. Hicks, and dedicated toSt. Mary andSt. Patrick. It has achancel with fine stone vaulting, and threelancets in the east window with stained glass showing the Magi, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Painted panels by the altar showSt. Kentigern,St. Cuthbert,St. Aidan andSt. Ninian, all travelling saints. The bell in the bell cote came from the ruined nunnery.[4] The church bell, cast in America, is one of the only two foreign bells in thediocese of Newcastle: the other is atEglingham.[18]
The Lambley and Hartleyburn War Memorial is located in the churchyard.[15] Lambley Parish Church falls within the Parish ofAlston Moor within theDiocese of Newcastle.
John Charlton (1827–1903) fellow of theRoyal Meteorological Society. There is a memorial plaque to him in the parish church.
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