| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1876-02-02 |
The newly opened Henshaw and Melkridge Collieries sent its first load to Carlisle. |
| Bardon Mill Crime |
1876-02-09 |
An Irish woman was charged with breaking 13 windows at Bardon Mill station. She was sentenced to imprisonment for one month. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1876-02-09 |
An Irish woman was charged with breaking 13 windows at Bardon Mill station. She was sentenced to imprisonment for one month. |
| Plashetts |
1876-06-08 |
Miners at Plashetts Colliery at Kielder were all served with notices terminating their employment but many were re-employed later in the week. |
| Acomb |
1876-06-15 |
A picnic and sports, largely attended, was held at Acomb, music being supplied by the Acomb band. The object was to raise funds for the restoration of an old well to supply the west part of the village with water. |
| Bellingham |
1876-07-06 |
A man and two boys were drowned in a triple tragedy at the Eals Wrack pool on the North Tyne. William Wilson and John Armstrong, both 14, got into difficulties while playing and tailor John Smith plunged into the water in a vain attempt to rescue them. |
| Bellingham |
1876-07-06 |
The Hareshaw Linn picnic was a capital affair, with music provided by Ridsdale Drum and Fife Band, and Messrs Riddle and Scott?s String Band, so that dancing was heartily indulged in by upwards of 100 people. |
| Bellingham |
1876-07-27 |
The Hexham Mechanics Institute decided to hold its annual picnic at Hareshaw Linn. The train fare to the venue was 6 shillings. |
| Hexham |
1876-08-10 |
Hexham workhouse children were treated to a day out at Dilston Villa. They behaved ?most unlike the proverbial workhouse children? with their good behaviour being put down to them being allowed to ?mix up? with other children. The 60 children were all given a large bun to take home. |
| Bardon Mill Crime |
1876-09-09 |
The woollen factory of Mr. William Waddell at Bardon Mill was completely destroyed by a fire early on Saturday morning [2nd September 1876]. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1876-09-09 |
The woollen factory of Mr. William Waddell at Bardon Mill was completely destroyed by a fire early on Saturday morning [2nd September 1876]. Mr. Waddell had only recently acquired the building and had fitted it up with machinery, intending to commence working operation within a week. The fire consumed all the machinery, wool and oil worth ?1,195, and the building worth nearly ?1,200, none of which was insured. |
| Roman Wall |
1876-09-28 |
Thousands of ancient British and Roman coins, along with several Roman altars, were found near Teppermoor, on the Roman Wall. |
| Roman Wall |
1876-10-12 |
Several thousand Roman coins were found at Teppermoor near the Roman Wall as well as a number of Roman altars. |
| Acomb |
1876-10-19 |
An inquest at the Bay Horse in Wall Village into the death of a 21-year-old miner heard that he was overcome by foul air after venturing into the shaft of Wall Colliery. |
| Roman Wall |
1876-10-19 |
The quaint and ancient Halton Church, which had been a ruin, was reopened after complete restoration. Although the church could seat 150, more than 200 were inside, with as many more outside to hear the preaching of the Archdeacon of Durham. |
| Roman Wall |
1876-10-26 |
Workmen from the Settlingstones Mining Company were searching for lead ore near the old Roman Camp at Procolitia when they uncovered a section of Roman Walling. This turned out to be a well, some eight feet deep, but inside the well were 24 Roman altars and numerous Roman coins with estimates as high as half a million being given. |
| Bellingham |
1876-11-09 |
Bellingham hiring fair was held where good women servants were said to be scarce. Wages were said to be lower than usual, ranging from ?5 10s to ?7 10s per year. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1877-02-08 |
Revered schoolmaster Mr. Adam Cranston died at the age of 83. He had taught at Grindon School for more than a quarter of a century with distinguished ability and success. |
| Haltwhistle |
1877-02-08 |
A 16-year-old boy driving a pit pony was killed at Coanwood Colliery when the roof caved in after a coal wagon came off the rails and knocked down a roof support. |
| Wall |
1877-02-22 |
A fatal mining accident occurred at Craig Pit near Wall Village when a miner was buried under falling stone. It was the second such accident in the space of a few months. |
