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 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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Dukes School 10
The school cricket team ca. 1905. It consisted of both boys and masters with the headmaster as captain. Not that the boys are identified simply by surname....
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Dukes School 11
Former pupils making their way up Percy Street from the original building to the new building for the centenary celebrations in 1912....
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Dukes School 12
Turning into the school grounds, 1912....
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Dukes School 13
Centenary celebrations 1912...
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Dukes School 14
A group of pupils probably ca. 1910....
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Dukes School 15
A group of pupils probably ca. 1910....
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Dukes School 16
A group of pupils probably ca. 1910....
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Dukes School 17
Pupils and staff at the Dukes School preparatory department, 1920s....
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Dukes School 18
School photograph 1944....
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Dukes School 19
The school had an Army Cadet Corps. Here Alec Castle is receiving the award for shooting in 1918....
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Dukes School 20
A visit by Willam Wavell Wakefield, Director of Air Training, to the school’s Air Cadets in 1942....
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Dukes School 21
The school football team of 1919/20 with the headmaster, Percy Shelford, who had been a keen footballer when younger....
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Dukes School 22
The football team in 1925, which included some staff members....
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Dukes School 23
P.E. on the field, 1930s....
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Dukes School 24
The football team of 1943/44. Percy Shelford retired in 1944 and this was his last photo with the team....
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Dukes School 25
In the early 1950s the school changed its winter sport from football to rugby. Here is the rugby team of 1953/4....
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Dukes School 26
Cricket on the field ca.1970...
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Dukes School 27
The building ca. 1960...
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Dukes School 28
The building ca. 1960...
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Dukes School 29
The building ca. 1960...
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Dukes School 30
Extension at the rear of the building, 1960s....
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Dukes School 31
Aerial view ca. 1970....
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Dukes School 32
Aerial view ca. 1970....
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Dukes School 33
The school hall, ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 34
The school hall, ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 35
The school hall, ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 36
The school hall, ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 37
The school had a small number of boarding pupils who lived at the school. Here is a dormitory ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 38
Boarders dining room ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 39
The woodwork room ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 40
A woodwork lesson ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 41
The Shelford Library ca. 1960....
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Dukes School 42
6th form Biology ca. 1960...
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