{{Short description|Village in Northumberland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name = Mindrum |country = England |region = North East England |civil_parish = Carham |unitary_england= Northumberland |lieutenancy_england= Northumberland |constituency_westminster= North Northumberland |population = |post_town = MINDRUM |postcode_area = TD |postcode_district = TD12 |dial_code = 01890 |os_grid_reference = NT845325 |coordinates = {{coord|55.590|-2.253|display=inline,title}} |static_image = The B6352 at Mindrum - geograph.org.uk - 2333192.jpg |static_image_caption = B6352 at Mindrum }} '''Mindrum''' is a village in the civil parish of Carham, in Northumberland, England. Now little more than a postal address, it forms the centre of a number of farms.
==Geography== [[File:Postbox - Mindrum Station, Northumberland - geograph.org.uk - 1952481.jpg|thumb|left|Postbox at Mindrum railway station]] Mindrum is located on the North West Foothills of the Cheviot Hills on the Bowmont Water, one of the Tributaries of the River Tweed. Whilst the term Mountain may be optimistic, the village is flanked by a clear ridge running from Camp Hill to the Mindrum Mill Crag on its North West Flank.
==Etymology== The name ''Mindrum'' is thought to be of Cumbric origin. It can be explained as a compound of the words equivalent to Welsh {{em|mynydd}}, 'mountain' and ''drum'', 'ridge'.<ref>Bethany Fox, '[http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland]', ''The Heroic Age'', 10 (2007), [http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html appendix].</ref> <ref name="bliton">{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Alan |title=A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url=http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |website=SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North |accessdate=25 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Mindrum appears to have the same etymology as Mynydd y Drum, Wales. Whilst the term 'mountain' may be optimistic, the village is flanked by a clear ridge running from Camp Hill to the Mindrum Mill Crag on its North West Flank. Although the word "Min" in Welsh means an "edge".{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} Thus an alternative, and perhaps more logical, etymology is "edge of the ridge".{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}}
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== Governance == '''Mindrum''' is in the parliamentary constituency of North Northumberland.
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==External links== *[https://www.mindrumestate.com ] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130813033808/http://www.mindrumgarden.co.uk/ <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]{{Dead link|date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Mindrum Gardens
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Category:Hamlets in Northumberland Category:Northumberland places with etymologically Brittonic names
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