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Ovingham, Northumberland

Ovingham
Ovingham Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 725662.jpg
Ovingham Bridge
Ovingham is located in Northumberland
Ovingham
Ovingham
Ovingham shown within Northumberland
Population 1,222 (2011)
OS grid reference NZ087634
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PRUDHOE
Postcode district NE42
Dialling code 01661
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
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54°57′58″N 1°51′54″W / 54.966°N 1.865°W / 54.966; -1.865Coordinates: 54°57′58″N 1°51′54″W / 54.966°N 1.865°W / 54.966; -1.865

Ovingham /ˈɒvɪŋəm/ is a civil parish and village in the Tyne Valley of south Northumberland, England. It lies on the River Tyne 10 miles (16 km) east of Hexham with neighbours Prudhoe, Ovington, Wylam and .

The River Tyne provided an obstacle between Ovingham and Prudhoe until 20 December 1883, when a toll bridge (Ovingham Bridge) was finally opened, taking the place of the ferry. The steel tubes are marked Dorman Long Middlesbrough, the firm which designed and built the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Tyne Bridge.

Ovingham is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

There was a dyehouse at Ovingham, and in 1828 William Bullock was the foreman. Both Thomas Bewick from nearby Cherryburn and George Stephenson from nearby Wylam had relatives who were dyers. One of Bewick's woodcuts is entitled the Dyers of Ovingham. Two men are carrying a large tub on a pole. Mabel Stephenson, George's mother, was a daughter of an Ovingham dyer named Richard Carr. There were weavers in Ovingham, as well as a local tidewaiter, or customs inspector.


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