Chollerton

{{Short description|Village in Northumberland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name = Chollerton Farm (2) (geograph 3403939).jpg |static_image_caption = Chollerton Farm |country = England |official_name = Chollerton |coordinates = {{coord|55.046|-2.103|display=inline,title}} |population = 818 |population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121961&c=NE19+2LL&d=16&e=62&g=6453395&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435571401240&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref> |civil_parish = Chollerton |unitary_england= Northumberland |lieutenancy_england= Northumberland |region = North East England |constituency_westminster = Hexham |post_town = HEXHAM |postcode_area = NE |postcode_district = NE46 |dial_code = 01434 |os_grid_reference = NY935725 }}

'''Chollerton''' is a small village and large civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the A6079 road about {{convert|6|mi|0|spell=in}} to the north of Hexham, on the River North Tyne. Nearby villages include Low Brunton and Humshaugh. The village has a fine example of a mounting block standing at the churchyard gate.<ref name="AA">''Book of the British Countryside''. London: Drive Publications, (1973). p. 302.</ref>

The church, built around the 12th century from local stone quarried from nearby, is dedicated to Saint Giles, and is noteworthy for the four large Roman columns built into its south aisle. These are believed to have been brought from the Roman fort of Chesters a couple of miles downstream. St Christopher's Church, Gunnerton, designed by John Cyril Hawes in 1899, is a chapel of ease in the parish;<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1155349|desc=Church of St Christopher|grade=II}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Pevsner: The Buildings of England-Northumberland |publisher=Penguin }}</ref> the building has been restored and now has a stained glass window by William Tillyer in the west wall. thumb|Interior of St Christopher's Church, Gunnerton Chollerton is also a registration sub-district in Northumberland; its population in 1851 was 5024 people.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10554550 A Vision of Britain Through Time]</ref>

The etymology of the name Chollerton is uncertain; possibly it is from the Old English "Ceolferth's tun" but more likely it meant "tun by Ceolan ford or Ceolford", if so "Ceolford" meant "Ceola's ford" (i.e. modern Chollerford).<ref>Ekwall, E. (1940) ''The Concise Dictionary of English Place-names''; 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; p. 101</ref><ref>"Chollerton" is also an older form of Chorlton, Manchester.</ref>

== Governance == Chollerton is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

== Transport == Chollerton was served by Chollerton railway station on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction in Scotland. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956.

The station still stands and is now in use as a private house. Also still standing is a small viaduct over the road into the village.

==Landmarks== A mile to the south-east, Cocklaw Tower is a ruined late 14th or early 15th-century tower house.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cocklaw Tower |url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=19198 |publisher=Pastscape |accessdate=14 June 2011}}</ref>

==See also== *Hadrian's Wall *Low Brunton

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==Further reading== {{Awdry-RailCo|ref=none}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Chollerton}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090108175737/http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/Chollerton/index.html GENUKI] (accessed: 12 November 2008)

Category:Villages in Northumberland