| Coquetdale |
1932-03-19 |
Off the beaten track in Northumbria: Afoot in the Cheviots. (cf. 26/03/1932) |
| Coquetdale |
1938-04-16 |
Article on Rothbury Race Revival. |
| Coquetdale |
1947-10-25 |
Tick bite gives Border shepherd Louping Ill. |
| Coquetdale |
1962-10-10 |
?Quoits still a popular pastime.? |
| Coquetdale |
1962-12-28 |
?Beauty in the North?s Rough Countryside? ? Chew Green (H. O. Wade) |
| Coquetdale |
1963-08-02 |
Article on Windyhaugh School. Life in a remote rural school: ?I already had several years? experience ? happiest years of my life on their midst.? |
| Coquetdale |
0000-00-00 |
] Alnham School closed and the eight remaining pupils were transferred to Netherton North Side School. [Northumberland Archives]. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1874-02-26 |
Seven-year-old Matfen boy John Stappard had to have a hand amputated after it became trapped in a cake-crushing machine he and some friends were playing with. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1879-11-26 |
Steps were being taken to set up a Co-operative Society store in Corbridge selling meat and foodstuffs. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1881-02-24 |
The museum in Corbridge closed and its exhibits were sold to private collections or other museums. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1882-05-25 |
The long-established Stagshaw Bank Fair got off to a slow start but the scale of cattle, horses and pigs was expected to improve. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1882-06-01 |
The annual Stagshaw Bank Whitsun Fair attracted visitors as far afield as Scotland and Yorkshire. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1884-06-19 |
Despite fine weather and a healthy attendance, the fair at Stagshawbank was described as slow and dull. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1885-08-15 |
Enlargement of Reading Room at Matfen. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1885-11-28 |
Sir Edward Blackett, Bart, died in his 81st year on the morning of 23rd November 1885 at Matfen Hall. He succeeded his father as 6th Baronet in 1816. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church College, Oxford, and formerly was a lieutenant in the 1st Lifeguards; he was deputy-lieutenant and J.P. for the county. He married four times, having by his first wife a numerous family. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1890-02-27 |
Following an accident at Ingoe Colliery, in which a man died, the colliery owner was taken to court for three breaches of the Coal Mines Regulation Act and was fined ?3. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1903-04-04 |
An epidemic of smallpox continued to rage among the residents of the huts belonging to the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company at Matfen. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1904-10-01 |
The annual September Stagshawbank tryst was held with about 800 cattle shown and a large number of buyers. Good wintering heifers brought from ?14/10/- to ?16. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1905-07-11 |
The traditional Stagshawbank Fair was only regarded by young people as an old tale retold and the legendary days of its glory were long gone, said Mrs. Richardson of Stamfordham, while surveying the almost deserted field during the annual Midsummer Fair. |
| Corbridge and Matfen |
1906-09-08 |
Hexham Rural District Council agreed to a request from the Great Whittington Water Committee to meet the cost of bringing a water supply to the village. |
