Heddon-on-the-Wall Local History Society
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    • Letter from the Emigrant Clergy of Frenchman's Row (1802)
    • Alleged Brutal Murder at Heddon-on-the-Wall (1876)
    • Sad boat accident at Ryton (1877)
    • Coronation tree (1902)
    • 65 Years on a Ferry Boat (1929)
    • Come claim your kiss at Heddon (1953)
    • The Swan (1972)
    • Heddon WI (1987)
    • Church House (1966)
    • Happy return (1993)
    • Hexham Courant (1997)
    • Butterfly Garden (1999)
    • Foot & Mouth (2001)
    • Remembrance Day (1996)
    • Remembrance Day (2016)
    • RAF at Ouston (2007)
    • Close House Golf Course (2009)
    • Heddon pupils celebrate British heritage (2011)
    • Roman Wall Forge (2011)
    • Diamond Jubilee (2012)
    • Auction of Bronze Statue, Close House (2012)
    • Heddon WI (2012)
    • Puffing Billy Festival (2013)
    • Heddon Village Show (2014)
    • View of the North (2014)
    • The Wall at Heddon (2014)
    • Heddon Village Show (2015)
    • War veterans singing send-off (September 2015)
    • Anglo-Saxon history (2014)
    • Heddon WI at 100 (2017)
    • Hadrian's Wall discovery (2019)
    • Tulip Mews (2020)
    • Mike Furlonger
    • Hadrian's Wall 1900 Festival
  • Memories
    • Olive White
    • Betty Cockburn
    • Betty Cockburn - miscellaneous information
    • Isabel Snowdon
    • William & Winnie Watson
    • Edith Ward
    • Mark Parker
    • Jack Lawson
    • Winnie Spoor
    • P Reay
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    • Mackenzie (1825)
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    • Post Office Directory (1879)
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    • Ad Murum
    • Archived documents
    • Thomas Bewick's History of British Birds (1826)
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    • Blackburn (1938)
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What's new


A log of major changes to the site content. Look here to see if anything has been added recently.
02/01/2022    Killy Brigs on the blog
28/12/2021    Heddon Mill on the blog
22/11/2021    Wylam from Above on the blog
05/09/2021    Newcastle Public Transport Maps 1940s on the blog
27/08/2021    Northumberland OS Name Books on the blog
08/08/2021    New Houses at Tulip Mews on the blog
25/06/2021    Wylam History Walk on the blog
25/06/2021    Journal of William English on the blog
02/06/2021    Heddon Colliery & Brick Works on the blog
06/08/2019    Steam Drifter 2 on the blog
14/07/2019    Medieval Kiln at Town Farm on the blog
08/03/2019    Hadrian's Wall at Town Farm on the blog
30/01/2019    Knott Memorial Hall on the blog
26/01/2019    St Andrew's Church from the Vicarage on the blog
04/01/2019    Ralph Carr-Ellison on the blog
25/11/2018    Victrix on the blog
09/10/2018    Haddocks Hole on the blog
10/08/2018    A Roman Stone in St Andrew's Church on the blog
16/07/2018    Royal French Arms on the blog
01/07/2018    Springwell 1940s Weekend on the blog
10/06/2018    A View of Wylam Bridge on the blog
12/04/2018    Acomb Little Man on the blog
01/04/2018    Heddon Man on the blog
30/03/2018    Where have all the Wall Stones Gone? on the blog
07/03/2018    Military Road on the blog
17/01/2018    A Saxon Church on Lindisfarne on the blog
16/01/2018    Heddon in The Jam (again) on the blog
25/10/2017    Village Development in 1960s on the blog
23/10/2017    Almost like being there yourself on the blog
14/10/2017    William Ward Sanderson on the blog
05/10/2017    William Harle, Heddon Stationmaster on the blog
14/09/2017    Sir James Knott's Sale of Heddon in 1924 on the blog
02/09/2017    Heddon WI at 100 in Old News
30/07/2017    Waugh's Roman Wall Refreshment Rooms on the blog
24/07/2017    Heddon on the Wall Women's Institute Centenary Celebrations on the blog

04/07/2017    The wall was not the only boundary in Old News
25/06/2017    Garden House & the Cresswells on the blog
21/05/2017    Past & Present - new photo comparison page
05/05/2017    Jubilee Tree on the blog
29/04/2017    Thomas Kirkup & the Chickens on the blog
24/04/2017    Showtime 1964 on the blog
23/04/2017    John Lyall Aitchison on the blog
23/04/2017    A History of the Ancient Parish Church of St Andrew in Other Documents
08/04/2017    Service for William Brown, 'Father of the Coal Trade' on the blog
16/03/2017    Happy return for ex-pupil in Old News
06/03/2017    Answers to the Christmas Quiz on the blog
25/02/2017    Church House in Old News
25/02/2017    George Clark (1902-1966) in People
24/02/2017    Heddon old village on the blog
18/02/2017    Heddon - the baptismal place of kings? on the blog
18/02/2017   
Anglo-Saxon history is at heart of area in Old News
15/01/2017    Heddon: a point of view on the blog
15/12/2016    Big machines at Bays Leap on the blog
10/12/2016    Bewcastle Runes on the blog
08/12/2016    Recovering memories on the blog
17/11/2016    A Moving Letter from Major James Knott killed at the Battle of the Somme on the blog
27/09/2016    Heddon in the News on the blog
26/08/2016    Heddon super Murum - a history of Heddon on the Wall on the blog
31/07/2016    Heddon Colliery Powder Fund on the blog
28/07/2016    Eachwick dagger on the blog
18/07/2016    A trip to Seaton Delaval on the blog
14/07/2016    Heddon in The Jam on the blog
15/06/2016    World Class Glass on the blog
12/06/2016    The Planning of Hadrian's Wall on the blog
12/06/2016    Stephensons of Throckley on the blog
19/05/2016    From Pit to Palace on the blog
28/04/2016    The World of William Brown by Les Turnbull book launch on the blog
24/02/2016    Rumbling Kern on the blog
24/01/2016    Heddon voices from early 1900s on the blog
16/01/2016   
William Brown 2 on the blog
27/12/2015    Ten interesting facts about Newburn & Walbottle on the blog
27/12/2015    Ryton Ferry on the blog
21/12/2015    Local accidents on the blog
18/12/2015    More Local Rock Art on the blog
09/10/2015    Akensides of Eachwick on the blog
20/09/2015    War veterans singing send-off in Old News
12/09/2015    St Andrew's Church interior in Old News

06/09/2015    Heddon Village Show (2015) on the blog
16/08/2015    Heddon Old Postcards on the blog
22/07/2015    Heddon Old School on the blog
24/06/2015    Yetholm Common on the blog
19/06/2015    The Elf-enchanted Hanging Stone on the blog
16/05/2015    Sewing Shields with Tynedale Archaeology Group on the blog
14/05/2015    Churches of Northumberland by John Grundy on the blog
24/04/2015    Reay Family on the blog
24/04/2015    Pilot Officer J A Trotter on the blog
19/04/2015    New page on Hadrian's Wall for the WallWatch Project
03/04/2015    Henry James Chapman of Oakwood Lodge on the blog
29/03/2015    The Laidley Worm of Spindlestone Heugh on the blog  
25/03/2015    Rock Art from Birney Hill, Ponteland on the blog
24/03/2015    Tales of the Frontier on the blog
24/03/2015    A Throckley Waggonway on the blog
12/02/2015    Haltwhistle to Alston Railway on the blog
24/01/2015   
Lt. Forbes Tulloch R.A.M.C on the blog
11/01/2015    View of the North 2014 in Old News
11/01/2015    Heddon Village Show 2014 in Old News
09/01/2015    Fourstones Fairy Tale on the blog

30/12/2014    Heddon Quarries on the blog
03/11/2014    Northumberland's Named Stones on the blog
04/08/2014    Hexham Courant 1997 in Old News
31/07/2014    William Maxon Collingwood Wilson on the blog
09/06/2014    Lord Kitchener's Army on the blog
31/05/2014    James Hill of Bottle Bank on the blog
22/05/2014    Border Counties Railway on the blog
04/05/2014    BRAG 2014 on the blog
26/04/2014    Is your name on the shell on the blog
05/04/2014    William Brown of Throckley on the blog
26/03/2014    The Black Dyke on the blog
20/03/2014    Newcastle Swing Bridge on the blog
11/03/2014    Improving the Tyne on the blog
06/03/2014    65 Years on a Ferry Boat in Old News
23/02/2014    Heddon in 1911 on the blog
16/02/2014    More memories of Winnie Spoor (nee Wanless)
14/02/2014    Extracts from early Minutes of the Parish Council
14/02/2014    Extract from Bulmer's Directory (1886)
14/02/2014    Miscellaneous memories from Betty Cockburn
13/02/2014    Memories of Elizabeth 'Nora' Eames (nee Tulip)
08/02/2014    Sir James Knott Village Property Sale catalogue (1924)
02/02/2014    Lock up your petroglyphs on the blog
19/01/2014    'Come Claim your Kiss at Heddon' on Old News
04/01/2014    Remembering the Great War on the blog
28/12/2013    Walbottle Moors Waggonway on the blog
15/12/2013    'Canny Wylam' on the blog
22/11/2013    Wylam & Walbottle Walks leaflet added to Walks page
02/11/2013     Historical Records 1888-1890
27/10/2013    The Blue Bell on the Blog
25/10/2013    Alleged brutal murder at Heddon on the Wall in Old News
18/10/2013    Welcome Home Puffing Billy on the Blog
06/10/2013    Memories of Wooden Waggonways & Wylam Dilly on the Blog
06/10/2013    Tale of the Model Steam Locomotive at Close House on the Blog
03/10/2013    The Death of Old Bays Leap on the Blog
29/09/2013    New page of Puffing Billy Festival galleries
15/09/2013    Puffing Billy & the Heddon Balloon on the Blog
28/08/2013    Tree Planting by Heddon School Children on Remembrance Day, 1996 in Old News
24/08/2013    Update to Romantic account of a visit to Heddon Hall on the Blog
20/08/2013    A new page added about Hadrian's Wall
19/08/2013    Heddon-on-the-Wall, a poem by James Anderson on the Blog
14/08/2013    The Waggoner, traditional Tyneside song on the Blog
27/07/2013    Excavation of waggonway in Newcastle on the Blog
27/07/2013    Ponteland Summer Festival on the Blog
26/07/2013    The Story of Alice Robson - convict on the Blog
25/07/2013    The Blog has a new look courtesy of a Div Tag Add-on
04/07/2013    The Armstrongs of Bays Leap on the Blog
09/06/2013    Wylam Waggonway on the Blog
09/06/2013    Lindisfarne Gospels Durham on the Blog
30/05/2013    Lemington Staiths & Lemington Gut on the Blog
11/05/2013    St Mary's Church, Staffordham on the Blog
26/04/2013    'The waggonways & industrial railways of Wylam & Prudhoe' on the Blog
21/03/2013    'Northumbrian Pipes' on the Blog
23/03/2013    Romantic account of a visit to Heddon Hall on the Blog
22/03/2013    Snowdon family photo on the Blog
16/03/2013    Wreck of a Steam Drifter on the Blog
23/02/2013    Ryton Wherries on the Blog
18/02/2013    The Rev Richard Burdon of Heddon House by JPS
14/02/2013    Heddon Methodist Church Centenary 1877-1977
13/02/2013    Sale of Heddon Hall in 2012
09/02/2013    Photos of Eachwick Hall from late C19th on the Blog and Old Photos 7
24/01/2013    Heddon in 1901 on the Blog
18/01/2013    Hedwin Streams Railway on the Blog
11/01/2013    Bronze Statue at Close House to be Auctioned
17/11/2012    Victorian Panorama by Alan Morgan on the Blog
10/11/2012    Oswald's Northumbria on the Blog.
14/10/2012    The Stob Stanes, Yetholm Common & the Anglo-Scottish Border on the Blog
13/10/2012   The story of Sir James Knott - a book by John Dobson (2012) on the Blog
16/09/2012   Understanding Prehistoric Rock Art on the Blog.
04/08/2012    Cheviot cross-Broder routes on the Blog.
07/07/2012    John Grundy's talk, Gardens of Northumberland, on the Blog.
05/07/2012    Lots of new photos on the Old Photo pages.
05/07/2012    Heddon Beagles on the Blog.
01/07/2012    North Lodge on the Blog.
24/06/2012    Diamond Jubilee Festival of Flowers
20/06/2012    Tree planted for coronation in 1902.
16/06/2012    A walk along North Shields Fish Quay on the Blog
15/06/2012    Elswick Lead Works Shot Tower on the Blog
09/06/2012    'Merci Beaucoup Cottage, Houghton on the Blog
08/06/2012    Spearman Family of Eachwick Hall on the Blog
02/06/2012    Victorian Life in the Ouseburn on the Blog
15/05/2012    The Great Heddon Tea Robbery on the Blog.
24/04/2012    Cullercoats fishwives on the Blog.
08/04/2012    Tim Swann, cabinetmaker to the Queen, in People
05/02/2012    Sad boat accident at Ryton (1877)
17/12/2011    Forth Banks Railway Station? on the Blog
16/12/2011    Illustrated (mostly as original document) Occupations in Heddon from 1800
15/12/2011    Town Farm post on the Blog
20/11/2011    'Earl Grey - the Man on the Monument' on the Blog
13/11/2011    Account of the Ascension Day ceremony at the Tide Stone in 1818
11/11/2011    Closure of Roman Wall Forge page added in Old News
20/10/2011    Stagecoach runs through Heddon on the Blog
28/08/2011    The Twite of Heddon on the Wall
28/08/2011    Added report of excavation of the Roman Vallum in 1880.
27/08/2011    Visit to Northumberland Records Office at Woodhorn on the Blog and new page in Memories
02/08/2011    Trinity House visit on the Blog
29/07/2011    Occupations in Heddon from 1800
19/06/2011    Start of major new project to illustrate the Monumental Inscriptions page with photos.
15/06/2011    Currently obsessed with the Roman Wall so added new page on the 1920s excavations.
07/06/2011    Added a page for the obituary of Cadwallader John Bates, antiquary and former historian of Heddon
20/05/2011    Added a page on the Heddon place-name
13/05/2011    Descent of property in Heddon from A History of Northumberland vol 13
12/05/2011    Talk by John Grundy on the Blog
24/04/2011    Added 'The Commons and Village Greens of Heddon' on Common Land page
24/04/2011    'Down Memory Lane' by P Reay
23/04/2011    The Stained Glass Windows of St Andrew's Church
05/04/2011    Upcoming talk by John Sadler on the Blog
31/03/2011    Added page 'Heddon Banks Farm'
30/03/2011    Added 'Tithe Award' page
24/03/2011    Added 'Old News' page Heddon WI (1987)
20/03/2011    Added page Rudchester
20/03/2011    Added 'Old News' page on The Swan (1972)
20/03/2011    Added page for aerial photo
19/03/2011    Added page Heddon in the Middle Ages
18/03/2011    Major revision of page structure  based on the six townships
17/03/2011    Added page on Ad Murum
16/03/2011    March meeting - talk by Dr John Charlton on the Blog
08/03/2011    Added photos to place-mark captions on History Map
06/03/2011    Wylam Brewery feature on the Blog
05/03/2011    Added page Walks
27/02/2011    Upcoming talk by John Charlton on Blog
27/02/2011    Added theories about cippi pits and the Vallum on Hadrian's Wall page
19/02/2011    Added page Calendar
18/02/2011    Article on Heddon milestones on Transport page
18/02/2011    Added page History Map
16/02/2011    February meeting - talk by Dr Tony Barrow on the Blog
12/02/2011    Added page Archived documents
12/02/2011    Added page Old Photos 5
11/02/2011    Site Search page added
11/02/2011    Added page Old Photos 3 and Old Photos 4
09/02/2011    Short article on Ouston Aerodrome from Hexham Courant in 2007
07/02/2011    Small section about the proposed Newcastle to Maryport Canal on Transport page
06/02/2011    Added page What's new (here)
05/02/2011    Added description of village from old large scale maps here
04/02/2011    Added pages Old Photos 1 and Old Photos 2

 

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