Glendale, Northumberland Glendale, Northumberland Glendale is the name of a valley in North Northumberland that runs from the Cheviot Hills at Kirknewton onto the Milfield Plain, formed by the River Glen. However, the name is generally taken to indicate the area around the town of Wooler. Glendale gave rise to the fictional "Greendale", the area in which the Postman Pat stories are set. Author John Cunliffe adapted the name in his series of children's books after working in the area as a mobile library driver for many years. Many of the place names in Postman Pat can be linked back to names
Northumberland New parishes have been added since 2001. These are missing from the list. Although not on this list, the population of Cramlington is estimated at 39,000. Some settlements which were historically part of the county now fall under the county of Tyne and Wear: Most common surnames in Northumberland at the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, by order of incidence: Northumberland Northumberland (; abbreviated Northd) is a county in North East England. The northernmost county of England, it borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham and Tyne and Wear to the south and the Scottish Borders to