| Wark |
1905-02-04 |
A scullery maid was wanted for Chipchase Castle to join a staff of twelve to cook for a family of four. |
| Wark |
1910-12-03 |
Opening of Longlee Bridge, 12 feet wide and with a span of 33 feet, by Miss Taylor, daughter of Mr. Thomas Taylor of Chipchase Castle. |
| Wark |
1911-07-01 |
(HH) Picture of Wark coronation celebrations by Harvey Thomas of Hexham. |
| Wark |
1912-09-21 |
Sale of furniture at the Highland Drove Inn, Wark, on Saturday 28th September by the order of Mrs. Brown. |
| Wark |
1913-02-08 |
Licensing magistrates were informed of the closure of the Black Bull, Haydon Bridge; Fleece Inn, Corbridge; Flag Ends Inn, Hexham; Highlander Drove Inn, Wark; Queen?s Head, East Woodburn and Tarset Inn, Lanehead. Cf. HH 15/02/1913. |
| Wark |
1913-10-04 |
(HH) Picture of A. H. Ridley, Humshaugh Cricket Club, by A. Kirkpatrick, Wark. |
| Wark |
1913-10-25 |
(HH) THOMPSON: At Christie?s Hospital, Manchester, on 19th October 1913, aged 22 years, Annie McLean (nurse) youngest daughter of the late Robert Edward Thompson of Wark. |
| Wark |
1913-12-27 |
Unexpected expenditure meant that Wark Parish Council had to find an extra ?100 to finance the provision of a new water supply. |
| Wark |
1914-03-28 |
(HH) A professional tramp was charged with begging at Wark. |
| Wark |
1915-07-10 |
Death of Miss Kate Boag, aged 42, daughter of the late Hugh Boag of Latterford, on Wednesday 1st July 1915 as the result of being knocked to the ground by a horse and never regaining consciousness. |
| Wark |
1915-07-17 |
THOMPSON: At Ford, Northumberland, on 10th July 1915, Ann Eleanora eldest daughter of Mrs. Thompson, Ford, and the late Robert Edward Thompson, Wark. |
| Wark |
1921-04-02 |
Wark War Memorial unveiled on Saturday 26th March by Col. Taylor, DSO. |
| Wark |
1922-06-13 |
Wark auction mart founder and colliery owner, William Charlton, died at the age of 82. |
| Wark |
1926-12-07 |
?) Thomas Taylor of Chipchase Castle and his sister Mrs. Stretfield of London gave ?1000 to the Fleming Memorial Hospital for sick children in Newcastle, endowing a cot in memory of their father. |
| Wark |
1927-04-16 |
Donation of books to Wall Mechanics Institute by Abel Chapman. |
| Wark |
1928-05-26 |
Thomas H. Nichol opened his grocery shop in Wark, selling flour, groceries, provisions, stationery, tobacco and patent medicines. |
| Wark |
1929-02-02 |
Abel Chapman, the famous naturalist, died and was buried in St. Michael?s church. He bought a run-down sheep farm in 1898 and planted the beautiful avenue of lime trees at Houxty on the road to Bellingham. |
| Wark |
1929-05-28 |
The family of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Henderson of Hill Head, Wark, sailed for Canada on the SS Laurentic to settle there under the New Brunswick Settlement Scheme. |
| Wark |
1929-05-07 |
The Wark Farmers? Auction Mark Co., Ltd. had a special sale of 170 fat sheep and 15 fat cattle, with the cattle ?3 up on the Christmas sale. |
| Wark |
1929-07-23 |
Residents complained so much that trees were blocking the view from the Wark Bridge that then owner Mr. Allgood was told by the county surveyor to cut them down. |
