# Milfield > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Milfield > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Milfield.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milfield > Source revision: 1313928459 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Northumberland, England See also: [Millfield (disambiguation)](/source/Millfield_(disambiguation)) Human settlement in England Milfield Old RAF Buildings, Milfield Milfield Location within Northumberland Population 315 (2011 census)[1] OS grid reference NT935335 District Berwick-upon-Tweed Shire county Northumberland Region North East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town WOOLER Postcode district NE71 Police Northumbria Fire Northumberland Ambulance North East UK Parliament North Northumberland List of places UK England Northumberland 55°35′42″N 2°06′17″W / 55.5950°N 2.1047°W / 55.5950; -2.1047 **Milfield** is a village in [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), England about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of [Wooler](/source/Wooler). The [A697 road](/source/A697_road) passes through the village. ## History Milfield is the likely location of the [Northumbrian](/source/Northumbria) royal settlement of Maelmin. According to [Bede](/source/Bede), a residence was built at Maelmin to supersede [Edwin of Northumbria](/source/Edwin_of_Northumbria)'s residence of Ad-Gefrin at [Yeavering](/source/Yeavering).[2] Evidence of a high-status Anglo-Saxon settlement at Milfield strongly suggests that this is the location of Maelmin, because of its proximity to Yeavering.[3] *Maelmin* has been identified as a [Brittonic](/source/Brittonic_languages) place name with a probable meaning of 'decayed edge',[4] though other Brittonic etymologies are also possible.[5] One of the many battles between the Scots and the English was fought on **Milfield Plain**, which is part of the bed of the prehistoric [Lake of Glendale](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_of_Glendale&action=edit&redlink=1). In the month before the Battle of [Flodden](/source/Flodden), some Scottish [reivers](/source/Border_reivers), under [Alexander Home](/source/Alexander_Home%2C_3rd_Lord_Home), were returning from a raid into England where they had burnt several villages. Carrying stolen property, Home's men were confronted by a band of English under Sir [William Bulmer of Brancepeth](/source/William_Bulmer_(politician)) in County Durham. The Durham men won the battle and for many subsequent years, the Scots name for the road through Milfield was "The Ill Road". Many years after the rout of Home's men, [General Monck](/source/General_Monck) waited at Milfield with his forces before his march south which brought about the [Stuart Restoration](/source/Stuart_Restoration).[6] During the Second World War, an air training unit operated from the nearby [RAF Milfield](/source/RAF_Milfield). ## Notable people [Josephine Butler](/source/Josephine_Butler), a Victorian social reformer, was born at Milfield House. She was a prominent campaigner against the practice of child prostitution, and led an eventually successful effort to repeal the [Contagious Diseases Acts](/source/Contagious_Diseases_Acts) (which granted the right for police to perform compulsory physical examinations on women suspected to be prostitutes). A [college](/source/Josephine_Butler_College) was named after her at [Durham University](/source/Durham_University) and a residency block there was named Milfield in honour of her birthplace.[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Parish population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126572&c=NE71+6HE&d=16&e=62&g=6452879&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435917433766&enc=1). Retrieved 3 July 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bede_2-0)** Bede (1982) [1955]. *A History of the English Church and People*. Translated by [Leo Sherley-Price](/source/Leo_Sherley-Price). Harmondsworth, Middlesex, United Kingdom: Penguin Classics. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-waddington_3-0)** Waddington, Clive (2001). *Maelmin: An Archaeological Guide*. Milfield, Northumberland, United Kingdom: CS Publishing. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Breeze_4-0)** Breeze, Andrew (2001). "The Name of Maelmin, near Yeavering". *Archaeologica Aeliana*. **29**: 31–32. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Bethany Fox, '[The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland](http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html)', *The Heroic Age*, 10 (2007), [appendix](http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ridley_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ridley_6-1) [Ridley, Nancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nancy_Ridley&action=edit&redlink=1) (1966). *Portrait of Northumberland* (reprint ed.). London: Robert Hale. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [503957631](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/503957631). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Milfield](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Milfield). - [Northumberland Communities](http://communities.northumberland.gov.uk/Milfield.htm) (Accessed: 27 November 2008) Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Israel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Milfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milfield) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milfield?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.