Bamburgh
Proper noun
Meaning
Bamburgh
A village and civil parish of Northumberland, England.
Examples
I've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child.
Grave of Grace Darling and her family, St Aidan's churchyard, Bamburgh.
Grace Darling was born on 24 November 1815 at her grandfather's cottage in Bamburgh in Northumberland.
Penda is found ravaging Northumbria as far north as Bamburgh and only a miraculous intervention from Aidan prevents the complete destruction of the settlement.
The rulers of Bernicia held the title of High Reeve of Bamburgh from at least 913 until 1041, when the last was killed by Harthacnut ; sometimes – 954–963 and 975–1016 – they also served as Earls of York.
One visitor summed up Bamburgh, pictured, as 'one of the UK's top-secret locations'