Brenkley

Coordinates: 55°04′13″N 1°39′30″W / 55.070201°N 1.6584341°W

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Brenkley

Brenkley Location within Tyne and Wear
Civil parish	Dinnington
Metropolitan borough	Newcastle upon Tyne
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 55°04′13″N 1°39′30″W / 55.070201°N 1.6584341°W / 55.070201; -1.6584341

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]

History

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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.

References

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^ "Population statistics Brenkley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Brenkley Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ Historic England. "Brenkley - Md village shrinkage (25248)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Last name: Brinkley". SurnameDB. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "History of Brenkley, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Relationships and changes Brenkley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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