The name Fallodon, formerly Fallowdon or Falloden, derives from the Old English words of fealu and dūn, meaning a pale brown hill.

By the 16th century, Fallodon was the property of Sir Reginald Carnaby in common with the adjoining townships of Newton-by-the-Sea and Brunton.

On the death of Thomas Wood in 1755, the estate became the property of his daughter, Hannah, who was married to Sir Henry Grey of Howick.

The soil is rich and favourable to the growth of both trees and plants, but the luxuriance of vegetation is the result of the combination of natural advantages and shelter with the fostering care of successive owners of the place for the last two hundred years.

It was largely built in the early 18th century for Thomas Wood (1675-1755) of Burton in Bamburgh, who had acquired the estate in the 1707 from William Salkeld for £3,450.

Following a major fire in 1917, a significant remodelling was undertaken between 1921 and 1924 by Reavell and Cahill of Alnwick, including removal of the former top storey.

Henry Bridgeman, who was descended from the earls of Bradford and Scarborough, by Edward Grey's nephew, Captain Sir Cecil Graves.

[8] The Hall remains in the Bridgeman family as a private residence, with the gardens often being open to the public to raise funds for the Red Cross and the wider estate still operating as a farm.

[9] The East Coast Main Line railway runs through Fallodon, with Chathill station being closest to the hamlet.

The building no longer exists, though there is an extant stone wall and graveled area where it stood close to the Fallodon eastern gatehouse.

[10] When Edward Grey died in 1933 the railway staff at Fallodon planted a copper beech tree in his memory in the station garden.

[11] The tree still exists and to help maintain a wider understanding of its purpose the North Eastern Railway Association placed an information board at the site in April 2023.

[12] An LNER Class B17 steam locomotive built at Darlington and completed in October 1930 received the name Fallodon.

The latter is the more observable, because an eminent Author of this Age will hardly allow any good Peaches, Plumbs, pears, &c. to be expected beyond Northamptonfhire ; whereas Fruit is produced here in as great variety and perfection as in most places in the South.