| Wark |
1989-09-24 |
Families in the Shittlington area near Wark had been without running mains water for two months, as lack of rain saw springs drying up. A water diviner failed to find new supplies and a roadside well was called into use to fill five-gallon drums. |
| Wark |
1994-11-12 |
After rejecting plans to build houses on the site of Wark sawmill, Tynedale Council suggested that houses should be built on another site at the other end of the village. |
| Wark |
2001-07-08 |
Motorists in the North Tyne were bracing themselves for long delays with the news that Wark Bridge could be closed for up to a year for repairs to be carried out. |
| Wark |
2004-01-10 |
Plans were drawn up for a ?400,000 facelift of Wark Town Hall to bring the facilities into the 21st century. |
| Wark |
2005-07-01 |
Wark Old School, built in 1684 and extended in 1805, was on sale at ?425,000. |
| Wark |
2006-01-27 |
Plans were announced to close Wark Bridge from 20th-24th February to allow engineers to assess its condition. |
| Wark |
2011-02-18 |
Work to renovate the 132-year-old Wark Bridge was due to start on Monday, 28th February, with vehicles unable to use the bridge for four to six months. |
| West Woodburn |
1877-09-06 |
The annual West Woodburn Picnic was held at Blackburn Linn where capital music was discoursed by the Brothers Robinson and their string bands. |
| West Woodburn |
1890-06-14 |
The death occurred of Edward Coulson, aged 70, landlord for over 30 years of the Queen?s Head Inn, East Woodburn, who survived his wife by about a week. |
| West Woodburn |
1891-08-15 |
(HH) Death of Woodburn blacksmith Mr. Davidson on 12/08/1891. |
| West Woodburn |
1902-01-25 |
Mr. Joseph Robson is leaving the district and has put up for auction the household furniture and farm stock of Brandy Bank, West Woodburn. |
| West Woodburn |
1906-01-20 |
Plans for a new church at West Woodburn were unanimously passed by the vestry and then approved by the Bishop of the Diocese. The building fund amounted to ?1012. |
| West Woodburn |
1906-09-01 |
Lord Northbourne laid the foundation stone of a new parish church to be built in the grounds of the vicarage in Woodburn. |
| West Woodburn |
1907-10-19 |
?The wife [Mary] of a railway porter named [William] Harper employed at Woodburn Station gave birth to triplets, all girls, on Sunday 13th October. The mother and children [Constance, Hilda and Beryl] are all doing well.? |
| West Woodburn |
1907-11-09 |
A new church at West Woodburn was consecrated by the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr. Straton. After the service, a celebration tea was held in the mission room. |
| West Woodburn |
1911-04-01 |
Death of Thomas Sisterson of the Bay Horse Inn on Friday 24th March. |
| West Woodburn |
1911-12-02 |
(HH) Mrs. Alice Beal was granted on Saturday 25th November 1911 the licence of the Fox and Hounds Inn, Brandy Bank, West Woodburn at the Bellingham Petty Sessions. |
| West Woodburn |
1915-06-26 |
Tribute to John Robson, postman of Woodburn, by Ernest Pigg of the Northumberland Huzzars. |
| West Woodburn |
1926-03-20 |
Opening of the new village hall at Ridsdale by J. Clark of Troughend. |
| West Woodburn |
1927-03-22 |
Celebrations to mark the anniversary of the opening of the village hall at Ridsdale took a dramatic turn when a fire broke out, destroying the piano. |
