# Abberwick

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{{short description|Hamlet in Northumberland, England}}
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|official_name = Abberwick
|civil_parish = [Edlingham](/source/Edlingham)
|country = England
|region = North East England
|unitary_england= [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland)
|lieutenancy_england= [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland)
|constituency_westminster= [Berwick-upon-Tweed](/source/Berwick-upon-Tweed_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
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|post_town = ALNWICK
|postcode_area = NE
|postcode_district = NE66
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'''Abberwick''' is a hamlet near the [River Aln](/source/River_Aln), in the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of [Edlingham](/source/Edlingham), in the English county of [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland).

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== History ==
The name is derived from Old English 'Alubeorht's or Alu(h)burg's dairy farm' (''Alubeorht'' or ''Alu(h)burg'' + wīc). It was recorded as Alburwic in 1169, Alber- or Alburckwick in 1278, Awberwyke in 1428, Averwick in 1610 and Abberwick from 1689.<ref name="Watts07">{{cite book |last1=Watts |first1=Victor |title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521168557 |page=1}}</ref>

Abberwick is also a deserted medieval village.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=7218|title=ABBERWICK|publisher= Pastscape|accessdate = 1 February 2018}}</ref> In the mid-19th century, Abberwick comprised four farms, a corn mill and a few houses. The population was 99 people in 1801, 142 in 1811, 125 in 1821, 135 in 1831, 170 in 1841 and 148 in 1851. It had an area of 1,678 acres and was the property of Bryan Burrell of Broom Park.<ref name="Whellan55">{{cite book |last1=Whellan |first1=William |title=History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland |date=1855 |publisher=Whittaker |location=London |page=642 |url={{GBurl|id=8-kGAAAAYAAJ|p=642 |dq="Abberwick township"}} |accessdate=5 August 2020}}</ref>

== Governance ==
Abberwick is in the [parliamentary](/source/British_House_of_Commons) constituency of [Berwick-upon-Tweed](/source/Berwick-upon-Tweed_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). Abberwick was formerly a [township](/source/Township_(England)) in Edlingham parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8655|title=History of Abberwick, in Alnwick and Northumberland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=11 March 2022}}</ref> from 1866 Abberwick was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Edlingham.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10298740|title=Relationships and changes Abberwick Tn/CP through time|publisher= Vision of Britain|accessdate = 1 February 2018}}</ref> In 1951 the parish had a population of 44.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10298740/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population Statistics Abberwick Tn/CP through time|publisher= Vision of Britain|accessdate = 1 February 2018}}</ref>

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