Mindrum
Village in Northumberland, England
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.
01Geography
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.
02Etymology
The name Mindrum is thought to be of Cumbric origin. It can be explained as a compound of the words equivalent to Welsh mynydd, 'mountain' and drum, 'ridge'. 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". Thus an alternative, and perhaps more logical, etymology is "edge of the ridge".
03Governance
Mindrum is in the parliamentary constituency of North Northumberland.
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- The B6352 at Mindrum - geograph.org.uk - 2333192.jpg by Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Postbox - Mindrum Station, Northumberland - geograph.org.uk - 1952481.jpg by Alex Noel-Tod, CC BY-SA 2.0
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