Glororum

Glororum
Glororum Glororum shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NU165335
Civil parish	Bamburgh
Unitary authority	Northumberland
Ceremonial county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BAMBURGH
Postcode district	NE69
Dialling code	01668
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Berwick-upon-Tweed

Glororum is a hamlet in the county of Northumberland about 1.25 miles (2.01 km) south west of Bamburgh. The 1901 census shows a population of 33.

History

Bamburgh parish records of baptisms for 1768 show this hamlet with the name of Gloweroerum

The name comes from olde english to 'Glower 'eor them' or to look over them. This is believed to be due to the fact that there was an old Roman fort on the site of the Farm that looked over Bamburgh Castle whilst it was seat to the king of Northumberland

Prior to re-development in 2010-2012 there were substantial farm buildings on the crossroads. Although the farm buildings have now been converted into luxury "Barn conversion" type residences including detached and terrace cottages and larger terraced houses, Glororum is still a working farm run by the Dryden family since 1883.

To the north-east of the hamlet there is a large holiday park comprising mainly large static caravans. The caravan Park was established in 1953 with 10 caravans and has grown over the years has grown to the size it is now.

Governance

Glororum is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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