| Bellingham |
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(1980 Date unspecified) The 800th anniversary of St. Cuthbert?s Church was celebrated. |
| Coquetdale |
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] Alnham School closed and the eight remaining pupils were transferred to Netherton North Side School. [Northumberland Archives]. |
| Haltwhistle |
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A fire caused ?40,000 worth of damage to the Haltwhistle and District Industrial Co-operative Society premises in Main Street. Only a week earlier, the store had been entirely redecorated. More than three fire brigades were unable to prevent damage, estimated at more than ?40,000. |
| Hexham |
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Beaumont Street was closed for a day while Tynedale Council workmen cut down seven trees found to be diseased and in a dangerous condition. |
| Schools |
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(various dates) School leaving ages: 1893 raised to 11; 1899 raised to 12; 1921 raised to 14; 1947 raised to 15; 1973 raised to 16. The 1870 Elementary Education Act introduced compulsory universal education for children aged 5-13 but left enforcement of attendance to school boards. |
| West Woodburn |
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] The lintel over the door at the Bay Horse Inn bears the date 1797 and licensees John and Irenee Cowans arranged a celebration for October 18th. |
| West Woodburn |
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(Date unspecified) Planning permission for the demolition of the petrol filling station, offices and workshop and the construction of seven four-bedroomed dwellings and new access road. |
| West Woodburn |
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(Date unspecified) The North Tyne Otter Hounds continued to meet at the Fox and Hounds at West Woodburn well into the 1970s, although it was said that in the final 25 years, they had killed only one otter ? and that was by accident. The otter hunters carried long poles to winkle otters out of their hotts. |
| Railway |
1833-04-22 |
Improvements to be brought by Railway at Haydon Bridge (NJ 22/04/1933). |
| Bellingham |
1864-04-23 |
A gas company had been formed in Bellingham. Upwards of 100 shares were taken at a meeting held on Saturday (16th April). |
| Newbrough and Fourstones |
1864-08-29 |
A weekend of anniversary services was held at the newly-built United Methodist Free Church at Newbrough. |
| Barrasford and Gunnerton |
1864-09-05 |
Employees of Newcastle firm of Hawke, Crawshaw & Co. and their families were entertained at Haughton Castle but responded by behaving with great impropriety. |
| Railway |
1864-09-05 |
Hexham MP W. B. Beaumont offered to pay a third of the ?20,000 estimated cost of providing a railway between Allendale and Hexham. |
| Railway |
1864-11-07 |
A proposal to extend the Hexham to Allendale railway to Allenheads was unveiled. |
| Humshaugh |
1865-02-06 |
A mineworker was killed at the Wester Hall lead mines near Humshaugh, blown up while investigating why an explosive charge he had laid had failed to go off. |
| People |
1865-07-12 |
At Whitfield Hall, 10th inst. in his 63rd year, the Rev. John Alexander Blackett Ord, youngest son of the late Christopher Blackett Esq. of Wylam. In him, his dependants have lost a considerate master and a kind and sympathetic friend. |
| Railway |
1865-07-12 |
Railway Timetable. |
| Schools |
1865-08-22 |
A bazaar was held in Gilsland to raise funds towards the cost of a Church of England school in the village. |
| People |
1865-11-08 |
Advertisement for T. H. McAllan, photographer, stationer, dealer in pianos, music, etc., Fore Street, Hexham. Also J. P. Gibson. |
| People |
1865-12-18 |
Mrs. Blackett-Ord of Whitfield Hall ordered that one of her best bullocks be slaughtered so that she could provide a joint of beef for each member if the estate workforce. |
