Brenkley | |
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Location within
Tyne and Wear | |
Civil parish | |
Metropolitan borough | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Brenkley is a hamlet and former civil parish about 6 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, now in the parish of Dinnington, in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 28. [1]
The name "Brenkley" means 'Brynca's mound' or 'edge mound'. [2] Brenkley is possibly a shrunken medieval village, although there is no indications on the ground. [3] Brenkley is one of the possible sources of the surname Brinkley. [4] Brenkley was formerly a township in the parish of Dinnington, [5] from 1866 Brenkley was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Dinnington, the rest went to form Brunswick. [6] In 1974 it became part of Tyne and Wear, having previously been part of Northumberland.