Study Centre Information
Woodhorn Site:
QEII Country Park
Ashington
Northumberland
NE63 9YF
The Study Centre is open 10am-4pm, Wednesday-Friday.
The Study Centre is open the first Saturday of each month, 10am-4pm.
No booking is required.
We are offering ‘Behind the Scene Tours’ on the second Saturday of the month: please book tours here
On the third Saturday of each month you can book a research surgery here.
Users of our service must register prior to using The Study Centre. Northumberland Archives is a member of the Archives Card scheme. Details of the scheme can be found here –https://archivescard.com/. You can begin your registration process online before you visit us.
The Study Centre is located within the main Cutter building on the Woodhorn site. Last document production time is 3.30pm
Please note: Study Centre opening hours differ from those of Woodhorn Museum.
Berwick Record Office:
Walkergate Building
Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
TD15 1DB
Opening hours are 9.30am-12.45pm & 2pm- 4.45 on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
** Document requests must be made in advance via Eventbrite or email**
Please click here to book a place for documents
(you will need to specify documents and include reference numbers)
Visitors wanting to consult our family history resources or ask for advice can just turn up on our open days and we will do our best to help you.
BERWICK JOURNAL, 11 MARCH 1926
TWEEDMOUTH MAN’S CREDITABLE RECORD FIFTY-FOUR YEARS’ RAILWAY SERVICE The above photograph was taken at the Railway Centenary Celebrations last years. Mr Douglas, Tweedmouth the subject of our sketch can be seen on the left facing the camera. Mr P. Waite Tweedmouth is also seen standing in front of the engine. Fifty-four years is a long spell out of a man’s life, and when this period has been spent in the employment of one firm or company it enhances the value
Linton School Centenary
Linton School celebrates its centenary this year and we looked back over the school’s eventful first year which unfortunately coincided with the General Strike of 1926 “in defence of miners’ wages and hours”. The General Strike took place from 4 to 12 May 1926 but the miners maintained their resistance for several more months. Selected entries from the school log book read as follows: May 1st – The school was formally opened by Mr C. Williams, Director of Education for
BERWICK ADVERTISER, 4TH FEBRUARY 1926
HOWICK HALL GUTTED Howick Hall, the Northumberland home of Earl and Countess Grey, was partly gutted by fire early on Tuesday morning. Earl Grey discovered the outbreak about 3am in a room above his bedroom. He gave the alarm promptly and saw to the safety of Countess Grey and his daughter, the lady Elizabeth, the only daughter at home. Countess Grey has been confined to her room with cold for several days, and she was found accommodation in the servants’
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