Cooklaw | |
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Location within
Northumberland | |
OS grid reference | NY935715 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HEXHAM |
Postcode district | NE46 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Northumberland |
Ambulance | North East |
UK Parliament | |
Cooklaw is a small settlement and (as Cocklaw) a former civil parish, now in the parish of Wall, in Northumberland, England. It is near the A6079 road and the River North Tyne. In 1951 the parish had a population of 119. [1]
Cooklaw is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham. Cocklaw was formerly a township in St. John-Lee parish, [2] from 1866 Cocklaw was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Wall. [3]