Kirkharle

Kirkharle
Kirkharle
Kirkharle is located in Northumberland
Kirkharle
Kirkharle
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNZ015825
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMORPETH
Postcode districtNE61
Dialling code01830
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northumberland
55°08′13″N 1°58′41″W / 55.137°N 1.978°W / 55.137; -1.978

Kirkharle (otherwise Kirk Harle) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kirkwhelpington, in the county of Northumberland in Northern England located about 12 miles (19 km) west of the town of Morpeth, just to the west of the crossroads of the A696 and B6342 roads. It is famous as the birthplace of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the early eighteenth century, Britain's most celebrated landscape gardener. In 1951 the parish had a population of 69.[1]

  1. ^ "Population statistics Kirkharle AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 January 2022.