| 词条 | Matfen |
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|country = England |official_name = Matfen |coordinates = {{coord|55.041|-1.954|display=inline,title}} |static_image_name = Matfen village green (geograph 2374157).jpg |static_image_caption = Matfen |population = 495 |population_ref=(2001 census)[1] |civil_parish= Matfen |unitary_england= Northumberland |lieutenancy_england= Northumberland |region = North East England |constituency_westminster = Hexham |post_town = NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |postcode_district = NE20 |postcode_area = NE |dial_code = 01661 |os_grid_reference = NZ029719 }} Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the towns of Hexham and Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of a 19th-century planned estate village. It was the birthplace of a Premier of British Columbia, William Smithe. HistoryMatfen is a few miles north of Hadrian's Wall. About halfway between the two there is a prehistoric standing stone called Stob Stone, adjacent to Standing Stone Farmhouse. The stone is about seven feet high and decorated with cup marks.[2] The place-name 'Matfen' is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for 1159, where it appears as Matefen. The name means 'Matta's fen'.[3] The civil parish was formed in 1955 from East Matfen, Fenwick, Ingoe, Kearsley, Ryal and West Matfen.[4] LandmarksMatfen Hall is operated as a hotel and country club. The Grade II* listed building was built c.1828 by Sir Edward Blackett to replace an earlier 17th Century house. The Devil's Causeway passes the village less than {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the west. The causeway is a Roman road which starts at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extends {{convert|55|mi|0}} northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed. Notable people
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References1. ^Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics 2. ^Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p. 387. 3. ^Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 318. 4. ^{{cite web| url =http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10323010|title=Matfen CP through time|publisher= Vision of Britain|accessdate = 17 January 2018}} External links{{Commons category|Matfen|position=left}}
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