Photographs
Photographs bring history to life, and these fascinating and in some cases rare images are no exception.
Note that these are only low-resolution images and hence unsuitable for printing off for a wall picture or poster. Higher resolution images of almost all of these photographs are available from Bailiffgate Museum. Just use the contact us option on the website to state your interest.( A contribution to museum funds will be invited to offset the cost of preparing your image).
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Mr Barber, sexton of St Michaels Parish...
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Christopher Seymour Bell (1818-1900). Christopher was the Duke of Northumberlands Land Agent and Bailiff. He left Newcastle to work for the Duke in Alnwick. Later, he moved to another of the Percy estates, Stanwick Hall in Yorkshire....
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Margaret Seymour Bell (1827-1879). Wife of Christopher....
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Henry Hunter Blair (1824-1887). A bookseller, printer and publisher. He bought the Alnwick Mercury in 1859, and also published Blairs Household Almanac and Blair’s Handy Guide to Alnwick...
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John Brown....
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Thomas Buddle, cabinet maker and upholsterer...
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Mr and Miss Burnett...
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Mrs Burnett....
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Miss Carr....
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Miss Carr....
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John Charlton, cooper, basket maker and dealer in glass, china and earthenware....
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Edward Common, footman to Reverend Leonard Shafto Orde, vicar of St Michaels....
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Miss Elisabeth Curry...
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Captain and Mrs Dale. Captain Dale was an officer in the Northumberland Regiment of Militia....
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Mr Darling....
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Mr Dennis, surgeon to the Northumberland Regiment of Militia....
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John Dickman....
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Mr Dickman....
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Mr Dixon...
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Thomas Dixon...
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Miss A. Dodds....
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Miss Dodds...
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Mr Dodds junior....
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Mr Dodds junior....
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Mr Dodds....
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Mr Dods, sexton of St Michaels Parish....
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Mrs Dods...
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Mr Donkin....
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Mrs and Miss J.A. Douglas....
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Charlotte Florentia Percy (1787-1866), 3rd Duchess of Northumberland. She was governess to the future Queen Victoria for 6 years...
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Eleanor Percy (1820-1911). 4th Duchess of Northumberland....
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Edward English (1819-1894) and his daughter, Sarah (b. 1858) Edward was a grocer on Bailiffgate, and also Parish Clerk of St Michaels....
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Mr Fairbairn....
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Mr Furlonger....
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Miss Ellen Gray...
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Mr Andrew Gray....
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Andrew and Madeline Gray. Andrew Gray and Madeline Burnett were both born in Alnwick in the mid-1830s. Madeline was ladys maid to Mrs Shafto Orde, wife of the Vicar of St. Michaels. She moved to Scotland with the family in 1859. It seems that ...
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Reverend the Hon. George Wingfield Bourke (1829-1903). A son of the 5th Earl of Mayo, George was curate at St Michaels, Alnwick, in the 1850s. He later left the town and moved to Sussex, where he became a chaplain to Queen Victoria. His eldest ...
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William Gray Marshall, Superintendent of Police in Alnwick....
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Miss Hall....
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Reverend George Prince Hall (1821-1888), curate to Reverend Shafto Orde at St Michaels, and later worked in Norham and County Durham....
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Luke Hindmarsh (1802-1877), timber and leather merchant. He built Alnbank House...
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Mrs Elizabeth Hindmarsh (1814-1883), wife of Luke...
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Miss Horsley....
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John Horsley (1807-1874), merchant and aerated water manufacturer...
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Mrs Susannah Horsley (1817-1884), wife of John....
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John James Horsley (1843-1890), the son of John and Susannah. He succeeded to his fathers business....
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Robert Hunter, hairdresser and perfumer. He was famous for keeping a bear in his cellar which he slaughtered in order to provide bears grease, a supposed cure for baldness....
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Mrs Mary Hunter, wife of Robert....
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Surgeon-Lieutenant John Mitchell Hunter R.N., son of Robert and Mary....
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William Johnson....
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Reverend William Henry Langhorne (1829-1916). William was a curate in Alnwick, alongside George Wingfield Bourke. He later became a vicar in Stepney, London, where he did extensive charitable work. He wrote Mission Life in East London in 1876....
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Mr Lilburn....
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Mrs Lilburn....
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Hugh Lisle (1793-1877). Originally Hugh Moises of Felton he took the surname of his wealthy wife when they married. He was a leading magistrate in Alnwick....
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Isabella Lisle (1798-1882). She was a member of the Lisle family who owned Acton House near Felton....
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William Lough (1807-1874). A joiner and cabinet maker on Percy Street....
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Mary Lough (1814-1881), wife of William....
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Catherine Lough (1844-1930). Daughter of William and Mary Lough...
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Catherine-Kitty- Lough (1814-1896). Housekeeper to the Shafto Orde family for over 30 years. The sister of William Lough....
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William Lough, son of James Lough a carpenter (and brother of William Lough)....
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Mrs Ann MacFarlane...
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Thomas Admiral Marsh and his daughter Rosina. Thomas Admiral Marsh was organist at St Michaels. His first wife, Mary, died in 1858, and their baby son died the following year. In 1861 Thomas married Margaret -Meggie -Armstrong. She was the daughter of George Armstrong, a prominent ...
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Mrs Margaret -Meggie- Marsh....
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William Maule (1804-1899), carriage builder....
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Robert Middlemas (1832-1912). Robert was born in Berwick. The son of a labourer, he went on to become an attorney and solicitor. His first wife, Louisa, died shortly after the birth of their first child in 1860. Robert went on to remarry and have 5 more ...
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Sergeant Robert Miller (1818-1912). Robert was a former regular soldier and Bandmaster of the Northumberland Light Infantry Militia....
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Richardson Nesbitt (1798-1881), boot and shoe maker....
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James Leslie Newbigin (1831-1905), a chemist and druggist....
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Mrs Newbigin...
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Mr Nichol....
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John Patten (1794-1873) farmer at Park Farm in Hulne Park...
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