Hepburn, Northumberland
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| Hepburn | |
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  Hepburn Location within Northumberland | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Hepburn is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chillingham in the county of Northumberland, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 43.[1]
The standard authorities give Hepburn as in origin an Old English name deriving from heah 'high' + byrgen 'burial mound'.[2]
Governance
Hepburn was formerly a township in the parish of Chillingham,[3] in 1866 Hepburn became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Chillingham.[4] From 1974 to 2009 it was in Berwick-upon-Tweed district.
