Howick, Northumberland

Human settlement in England

Longhoughton

Unitary authority

Northumberland

Northumberland

Region

North East

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

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55°27′04″N 1°35′53″W / 55.451°N 1.598°W / 55.451; -1.598

Howick (/ˈhoʊɪk/ HOH-ik)^[a] is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Longhoughton, in Northumberland, England, between Boulmer and Craster. It is just inland from the North Sea, into which Howick Burn flows from Howick Hall. In 1951 the parish had a population of 246.^[1]

Governance

On 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Longhoughton.^[2]

Landmarks

Howick Hall was the seat of the Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, after whom the famous tea is named. The original Earl Grey tea was specially blended by a Chinese mandarin to suit the water at Howick, and was later marketed by Twinings. Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum are open to the public.

Howick is the namesake of the nearby Mesolithic Howick house archaeological site.

Notable people

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after whom the tea is named, had his seat at Howick Hall.
Fred Taylor, Halley Professor of Physics at Oxford University, grew up in the village from age 5.

Notes

^ Not, as commonly believed, /hɔɪk/ HOYK as in Hawick. The pronunciation varies among the inhabitants, depending on social class; the aristocrats in the Hall use "Hoh-ick" but the villagers invariably use "How-ick".^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Population statistics Howick AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Relationships and changes Howick AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 17 January 2022.