Hartburn, Northumberland

Hartburn
St. Andrew's Church, Hartburn
Hartburn is located in Northumberland
Hartburn
Hartburn
Location within Northumberland
Population194 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ088860
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBERWICK UPON TWEED
Postcode districtNE61
Dialling code01670
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
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England
Northumberland
55°10′05″N 1°51′43″W / 55.168°N 1.862°W / 55.168; -1.862

Hartburn is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated about 6 miles (10 km) to the west of Morpeth. The population at the 2011 census was 194.[2]

The place-name 'Hartburn' is first attested in Charter Rolls of 1198, where it appears as Herteburne. The name means 'stag stream'.[3]

The village is on the Hart Burn river, which a couple of miles downstream joins the River Wansbeck, which flows through Morpeth and Ashington to the sea.


  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  3. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.222.