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Howick, Northumberland

Howick
Howick
Howick Location within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NU2551
Civil parish	Longhoughton
Unitary authority	Northumberland
Ceremonial county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALNWICK
Postcode district	NE66
Dialling code	01665
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Berwick-upon-Tweed
List of places UK England Northumberland 55°27′04″N 1°35′53″W / 55.451°N 1.598°W / 55.451; -1.598

Howick (/ˈhoʊɪk/ HOH-ik)^[a] is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Longhoughton, in Northumberland, England, between Boulmer and Craster. It is just inland from the North Sea, into which Howick Burn flows from Howick Hall. In 1951 the parish had a population of 246.^[1]

Governance[edit]

On 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Longhoughton.^[2]

Landmarks[edit]

Howick Hall was the seat of the Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, after whom the famous tea is named. The original Earl Grey tea was specially blended by a Chinese mandarin to suit the water at Howick, and was later marketed by Twinings. Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum are open to the public.

Howick is the namesake of the nearby Mesolithic Howick house archaeological site.

Notable people[edit]

• Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after whom the tea is named, had his seat at Howick Hall.
• Fred Taylor, Halley Professor of Physics at Oxford University, grew up in the village from age 5.

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External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Howick, Northumberland.

• Howick Hall Gardens site
• GENUKI (Accessed: 22 November 2008)

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