| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1872-11-28 |
A limited liability company was formed for carrying on the mill at Bardon Mill. The company called ?The Border Counties Tweed Mill Company Ltd.? was to increase the mill?s premises and introduce new machinery. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1873-09-18 |
Joseph Robson, of Westwood Cottages, Bardon Mill, died of rabies after being bitten by one of a number of mad dogs reported to be on the loose in West Tynedale at the time. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1873-10-09 |
Miner James Little (48) of Bankfoot, near Greenhead, died after falling off a bridge into a burn near Bardon Mill railway station. He had been the worse for drink at the time and was walking home after missing his stop. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1874-02-05 |
Residents of Bardon Mill drew up a petition urging the LNER to have its midday Newcastle-Carlisle service stop off at the station on its way west. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1875-03-24 |
A valuable draught horse was killed when the cart laden with turnips it was pulling across the railway line at Bardon Mill was struck by a train. The servant driving the cart was unhurt but the cart was shattered, pieces being carried along the line for a mile. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1875-07-14 |
Lightening claimed the lives of two men and two horses in Tynedale. One man was killed at Haydon Bridge and the other was killed while in charge of the two valuable horses at Bardon Mill. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1876-01-26 |
New railway platforms were being provided on stations at Bardon Mill, Haltwhistle and Haydon Bridge. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1876-02-02 |
The newly opened Henshaw and Melkridge Collieries sent its first load to Carlisle. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1876-02-09 |
An Irish woman was charged with breaking 13 windows at Bardon Mill station. She was sentenced to imprisonment for one month. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1876-09-09 |
The woollen factory of Mr. William Waddell at Bardon Mill was completely destroyed by a fire early on Saturday morning [2nd September 1876]. Mr. Waddell had only recently acquired the building and had fitted it up with machinery, intending to commence working operation within a week. The fire consumed all the machinery, wool and oil worth ?1,195, and the building worth nearly ?1,200, none of which was insured. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1877-02-08 |
Revered schoolmaster Mr. Adam Cranston died at the age of 83. He had taught at Grindon School for more than a quarter of a century with distinguished ability and success. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1877-04-12 |
After a fire at the Bardon Mill Woollen factory, owner William Waddell was presented with a purse of gold by friends as a mark of sympathy. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1877-12-01 |
Henshaw and Melkridge Colliery was to be connected by a siding with the railway. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1878-01-12 |
Discovery of fragments of an ancient urn near Willimontswyke. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1878-04-13 |
(HH) Manufacture of fire bricks was to be started at the woollen manufactory, partly destroyed by fire ?some time since.? Cf. HH 01/06/1878, 14/09/1878. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1878-07-26 |
On Friday, a brick manufactory at Bardon Mill commenced operations. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1878-11-23 |
Death of George Pickering of Stone Hall (Henshaw) on 11th November, relieving officer for 45 years. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1878-12-14 |
The need for a footbridge at Bardon Mill was illustrated when a Carlisle gentleman fell into the River Tyne and got a ?cold bath? while using the stepping-stones. He was well looked after on that cold and frosty night by the hostess of a nearby farmhouse. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1879-01-23 |
A proposal was put forward in Bardon Mill to start fund-raising to provide a footbridge over the River South Tyne. |
| Bardon Mill and Melkridge |
1879-12-10 |
Elizabeth Little (n?e Storey), of Hott Bank near Haltwhistle, died at the age of 35. It was reported that 12 years previously, on 24th October 1867, she had fought against two burglars near Bardon Mill. When they were sentenced to eight years in prison, she was awarded ?5 by the judge for her bravery. |
