The search room at Woodhorn will be closing at 3pm between 1/7/26 and 3/7/26. This is to allow for essential building works.

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, 1ST JULY 1926

ROUND THE TOWN, NOTES AND COMMENTS (BY THE MAN IN THE STREET) OUR ROADS – When a town like Berwick has so many motorists passing through the authorities should see to it that the roads are in a fair condition at least. A motorist frequently judges a town by its road and if Berwick is ever so judged, it must have an unenviable reputation. Despite what one or two tradesmen are fond of declaring, the visitors to Berwick are certainly

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BERWICK ADVERTISER, 3RD JUNE 1926

THE COAL CRISIS LORD JOICEY ATTRIBUTES IT TO 7 HOUR DAY The survey of the coal situation made by the Lord Joicey at the annual meeting of the Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce- when he was unanimously re-elected president- is worthy of special attention. “I do not think,” he said, “that many people really know the cause of the coal trouble. In my judgement, it was caused chiefly by the passing of the Seven Hours Act in 1919, which

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Bigger than a Cardboard Box

Most of the documents we take in here at Northumberland Archives are small enough to fit into one of our archive boxes, sometimes we get slightly larger items. This recently re-housed item might be our biggest yet?  And here we are putting it in its new home! A two person job, but if anyone wants to have a look at this particular poster it is available for download via our shop, head to our website shop, or just click this link Search Results 

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