Lowick, Northumberland

Lowick, Northumberland

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Lowick
latitude= 55.649
longitude= -1.977
population =
shire_district= Berwick-upon-Tweed
shire_county = Northumberland
region= North East England
constituency_westminster= Berwick-upon-Tweed
post_town= BERWICK-UPON-TWEED
postcode_district = TD15
postcode_area= TD
dial_code= 01289
os_grid_reference= NU015395

Lowick (the "low" rhymes with "cow") is a village in Northumberland, England. It appears in records as early as 1181 as "Lowich", and in 1242 as "Lowyc". The name derives from Old English meaning settlement (OE: "wic", cognate to Latin "vicus") on the River Low.

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