Ouston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stamfordham, in the county of Northumberland, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 13.[1]
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OS grid reference | NZ075705 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Postcode district | NE18 |
Dialling code | 01661 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Northumberland |
Ambulance | North East |
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Ouston lies near the course of Hadrian's Wall, probably the most noted Roman monument in Britain.
Ouston was formerly a township in Stamfordham parish,[2] from 1866 Ouston was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 to form Stamfordham.[3]
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