Hepscott
Hepscott is a small village in the county of Northumberland, England, about 2 miles (3 km) south east of Morpeth, the county town.
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Hepscott Location within Northumberland | |
| Population | 1,069 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | NZ225845 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Morpeth |
| Postcode district | NE61 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
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The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and a derivation of "Shepherd's Cote". This suggests that the village, which was a hamlet prior to expansion since the 1980s, originated as the homestead of a shepherd, possibly in the early medieval period.
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