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Acklington is a small village in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the south-west of Amble, inland from the North Sea coast. It is served by Acklington railway station. The name is Anglo-Saxon Old English 'farmstead of Eadlac's people'. Acklington won the title of Northumberland Village of the Year in 2007.〔(Village of the Year 2007 - county winners )〕 It has a parish church, St John the Divine, and a Church of England primary school. To the north of Acklington is Morwick Hall a Grade II listed Georgian house. It was built by the Grey family of Howick; in the 1850s it was owned by William Linskill, a former High Sheriff of Northumberland. A World War II FW3/22 pillbox is located near the B6345.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/21187/Pillbox-FW3-22-Acklington.htm )〕 A dam was constructed on the River Coquet in 1776, causing problems for the river's salmon population. Many years later, the eccentric naturalist Frank Buckland erected a sign directing the salmon to another stream.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.acklingtonparish.org.uk/recenthistory.htm )〕 == Economy == Acklington is the home of two prisons: HMP Acklington houses adults,〔(HM Prison Service - Locate a Prison - Acklington )〕 while HMPYOI Castington houses young offenders.〔http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=317,15,2,15,317,0〕 The prisons are built on the site of RAF Acklington, a former airfield which opened during World War II.〔(Related Images for HMP and YOI Castington - Criminal Information Agency.com )〕 The RAF station was used as an Armament Practice Camp with the aircraft operating over Druridge Bay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Acklington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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