Edlingham

Edlingham
Edlingham Castle
Edlingham Location within Northumberland
Population	191 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	NU105095
District	Alnwick
Shire county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALNWICK
Postcode district	NE66
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Berwick-upon-Tweed
List of places UK England Northumberland 55°22′30″N 1°49′26″W / 55.37499°N 1.82399°W / 55.37499; -1.82399

Edlingham is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland in the north of England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 196, which had reduced slightly to 191 at the 2011 Census.^[1] The road to Alnwick passes close by the village and the town of Rothbury is about 6 miles (10 km) away.

The name Edlingham means The home of Eadwulf in Anglo-Saxon. Its recorded history goes back as far as 737 when King Coelwulf gave Edlingham and three other royal Northumbrian villages to Cuthbert.