Our Spring Lecture, “The Archives of the Duke of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle”, will be given on Friday 25th March 2022 by Christopher Hunwick. He is the archivist at Alnwick Castle where the archive contains the papers of the Percy family and the business papers of the Northumberland Estates, and his talk will highlight material relating to North Northumberland. 

The event will start at 7.00pm in the Conference Room of the William Elder Building (56-58 Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1JT).  Admission free.

The lecture will be preceded by a short meeting to conduct the business of the Annual...

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On Wednesday 2nd March 2022, a talk on “A history of Berwick’s Castle Parks and Flagstaff Park” will be given by Linda Bankier and Jim Herbert. It will take place in the Parish Centre (Parade) at 7.00pm.  Tickets cost £3.50 in advance from Berwick Visitor Centre (Walkergate), or £4.00 on the door.

This is one of the winter events organised by the Friends of Castle Parks.

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A talk on “Irregular Border Marriages” will be given to Berwick History Society by Linda Bankier on Wednesday 15th December 2021.  It will take place in the Parish Centre (Parade) starting at 7.30pm.

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Jane Bowen will speak about “The Voyages of the Paddle Steamer Pegasus, and her wreck off Holy Island in 1843″ for the FBDMA Autumn Lecture on Friday 12th November 2021, at 7.00pm.  The lecture will be given via Zoom.

Jane has written extensively on local history, including A Poor Little House, her history of the Belford Workhouse, and she is a former secretary of FBDMA.  Her latest book, From Triumph to Tragedy, the Story of the Paddle Steamer Pegasus and her people, 1835-1843, has just been published by Novum (ISBN 978-3-99107-708-4), and it is obtainable from...

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The launch of the Branxton and Crookham Village Atlas will be marked with two meetings in October 2021.  The first will take place on Sunday 10 October in Crookham Village Hall at 2.00pm (and you can join a walk around Crookham).  And on Saturday 16 October an event will be held in Branxton Village Hall, at 2.00pm.  On both occasions materials from the Atlas – maps, photographs, documents – will be on display, and refreshments will be available.

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