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).
Alnwick Victorians 80
Mrs John Patten (nee Mary Gardner) (1809-1900) originally from Lesbury...
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Alnwick Victorians 81
Mrs Isabella Loraine Patterson (nee Wilkin). Sister of Jane Wilkin and niece of H.P. Wilkin....
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Alnwick Victorians 82
Adam Robertson (Senior) (1803-1871). Owner of a painting and decorating business and also a wine merchant....
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Alnwick Victorians 83
James Russell, attorney. Brother of Thomas, Jane and Elizabeth....
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Alnwick Victorians 84
Miss Jane Russell (1796-1870). Sister of James, Thomas and Elizabet...
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Alnwick Victorians 85
Thomas Russell, attorney and coroner for North Northumberland. Brother of James, Jane and Elizabeth....
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Alnwick Victorians 90
Mark Smith (1795-1881), a prominent printer and bookseller in Alnwick....
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Alnwick Victorians 86
Miss Sanderson. She was a household servant to the family of Reverend Leonard Shafto Orde of St. Michaels for over 30 years....
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Alnwick Victorians 87
Thomas Selby (1815-1889), hat and cap maker....
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Alnwick Victorians 88
Thomas Selby and his wife Catherine....
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Alnwick Victorians 89
F.D. Smith...
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Alnwick Victorians 91
Annie Smith (b. 1838), daughter of Mark Smith....
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Alnwick Victorians 92
Miss Smith....
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Alnwick Victorians 93
Mr Snowden....
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Alnwick Victorians 94
Mrs Alice Snowden...
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Alnwick Victorians 95
Edward Stamp, banker....
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Alnwick Victorians 96
Mrs Elizabeth Stamp (née Russell, 1785-1874), wife of Edward and sister of Thomas, James and Jane Russell...
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Alnwick Victorians 97
John Ostens Stamp (1815-1871), cabinet maker and auctioneer....
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Alnwick Victorians 98
Mrs Jane Ostens Stamp (1819-1872), wife of John....
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Alnwick Victorians 99
George Tate (1805-1871). A man of many talents. A draper, he also worked as Alnwicks Postmaster from 1848. He was an active member of the Alnwick Mechanics Scientific Institution and published works on topics as diverse as geology, botany, zoology and history. His most famous ...
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Alnwick Victorians 100
James (older) and Nathaniel Tate - sons of George W Tate, plumber and glazier....
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Alnwick Victorians 101
Miss Anne Tate...
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Alnwick Victorians 102
Miss Tate...
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Alnwick Victorians 103
William Tate...
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Alnwick Victorians 104
Miss Margaret Terry (b. 1837). Margaret was the daughter of Dr George Wilsons coachman, John Terry. They lived at Swansfield Lodge....
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Alnwick Victorians 105
Mr and Mrs H. Thompson...
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Alnwick Victorians 106
Edward Thew Turnbull...
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Alnwick Victorians 107
Miss Mary Jane Turnbull, niece of, and assistant to, Mrs Wilson Headmistress of The Duchesss School....
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Alnwick Victorians 108
Robert Turnbull...
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Alnwick Victorians 109
Mrs Robert Turnbull...
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Alnwick Victorians 110
Miss Mary Ward, assistant to Mrs Wilson Headmistress of The Duchesss School....
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Alnwick Victorians 111
John Weatherly (1820-1875), bootmaker....
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Alnwick Victorians 112
Jonathan Wiley...
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Alnwick Victorians 113
Henry Percy Wilkin (1800-1864). He was a partner in the firm of Wilkin and Dickman,ironmongers and agricultural equipment supplier...
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Alnwick Victorians 114
Miss Jane Wilkin (b. 1842). Jane was the niece of Henry Percy Wilkin. She was born in the United States where her father was working as a bookseller and academic. After his death, Jane and her mother and sister came back to England to live ...
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Alnwick Victorians 115
Mr Wilkinson...
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Alnwick Victorians 116
Mr Williamson...
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Alnwick Victorians 117
Frederick Richard Wilson (1828-1894). F.R. Wilson was an architect. He came to Alnwick from London in the mid-1850s to work on remodelling the Castle and never left. Wilson designed the buildings at Alnwick Cemetery, as well as building or altering a number ...
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Alnwick Victorians 118
Dr George Wilson, surgeon. Father of George Wilson and John Atkinson Wilson....
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Alnwick Victorians 119
Dr George Wilson M.D. (1813-1863). Trained as a Doctor in Edinburgh....
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Alnwick Victorians 120
John Atkinson Wilson (1821-1897). John became a solicitor, and married another solicitors daughter, Grace Thorp Dickson. Grace died in childbirth in 1868. John later moved to Alnmouth and then retired to the south east of England....
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Alnwick Victorians 121
Mrs Grace Wilson (nee Grace Thorp Dickson)....
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Alnwick Victorians 122
Miss Wilson...
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Alnwick Victorians 123
Mrs Mary Wilson (b.1798). A niece of Jane Bowmaker, first Headmistress of the Duchesss School, Mary was her assistant for many years before succeeding her as headmistress in 1847. She married Edward Wilson in 1845 and retired from teaching in 1865....
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Alnwick Victorians 124
Mrs T.C. Wilson....
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Alnwick Victorians 125
Miss Wylie....
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Alnwick Victorians 126
Mr James Wylie, brewer....
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Alnwick Victorians 127
Joseph Yeaman (1818-1872), draper and member of the Northumberland Artillery Militia...
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Alnwick Victorians 128
Alexander Wilson Castle (1874-1954)....
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Alnwick Edwardians 1
George Craik (1869-1914). Born in Scotland, George was working as a vet in Alnwick from the 1890s. He lived at Nether House on Prudhoe Street. George, a keen horseman, died in a riding accident in 1914....
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Alnwick Edwardians 2
Inspector Andrew Sanderson (1860-1921). Originally from Newcastle, he served for 28 years in the Northumberland Constabulary between 1885 and 1913. He worked in Gosforth, Harbottle, Rothbury, Warkworth, Denwick and Alnwick. He rose through the ranks to become Inspector at Alnwick in 1898. He was awarded the Kings Medal ...
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Alnwick Edwardians 3
James Hume (1852-1905). James was a partner in Ackroyd and Hume, drapers and tailors of Alnwick. He was a member of the Alnwick Urban District Council. His nephew was the Alnwick-born poet, John Charles Grant....
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Alnwick Edwardians 4
Reverend Jevon James Muschamp Perry (1842-1908). Vicar of St Pauls, Alnwick, between 1872 and 1908. Along with the solicitor Charles Percy, he campaigned to reverse the miscarriage of justice brought about by the wrongful conviction of 2 men in the infamous Edlingham Burglary case...
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Alnwick Edwardians 5
Thomas Allan Elliott. A maltster by profession he was Chairman of Alnwick Urban District Council in the early 1900s....
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Alnwick Edwardians 6
William George Hindmarsh (1854-1929). Born in Amble, William was a successful draper in Alnwick....
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Alnwick Edwardians 7
William Bell (1861-1923). The owner of a bakers and confectioners business in Alnwick. He was a member of Alnwick Urban District Council, and promoted social reform in the town....
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Alnwick Edwardians 8
William Hebron (1862-1913). Headmaster of Alnwick National School....
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Reavell Family 1
Seated are George Reavell senior and his wife Martha. Back row (l. to r.) George junior, Clara, Frank, William. Front row (l. to r.) James, Thomas, John....
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Reavell Family 2
George Reavell senior (1833-1915). Clerk of works and architect at Alnwick Castle. Later he was Chairman of the Alnwick Urban District Council...
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Reavell Family 3
Martha Reavell (1836-1908)...
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Reavell Family 4
George Reavell junior OBE (1865-1947) photographed in the 1890s. He was the architect of Robertsons Pant, St James Parish Hall and many other buildings in the Alnwick area....
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Reavell Family 5
George Reavell junior in the 1920s....
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Reavell Family 6
Sir William Reavell (1866-1948). He was knighted in the 1930s for his services to engineering....
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Dukes School 1
Invitation to dinner celebrating the 75th anniversary of the school. Held at Alnwick Castle on September 9th 1886...
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Dukes School 2
Pupils with Thomas Collinson the headmaster in the late 19th century...
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Dukes School 3
Leaving Certificate issued to John Jackson in 1889...
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Dukes School 4
The Corn Exchange, Alnwick setup for a celebration dinner. Perhaps for Thomas Collinsons retirement in 1898 or for the opening of the new building in 1904....
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Dukes School 5
Pupils in the yard of the original building on Green Batt ca. 1900....
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Dukes School 6
Architects sketch of the new building, 1904....
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Dukes School 7
Alnwick and County Gazette special edition 1904....
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Dukes School 8
Invitation card for the opening of the new building in 1904....
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Dukes School 9
Text of the speech made by Dowager Duchess Eleanor at the opening ceremony, 1904....
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