Study Centre Information
Woodhorn Site:
QEII Country Park
Ashington
Northumberland
NE63 9YF
The Study Centre is open 10am-4pm, Wednesday-Friday.
The Study Centre is open the first Saturday of each month, 10am-4pm.
No booking is required.
We are offering ‘Behind the Scene Tours’ on the second Saturday of the month: please book tours here
On the third Saturday of each month you can book a research surgery here.
Users of our service must register prior to using The Study Centre. Northumberland Archives is a member of the Archives Card scheme. Details of the scheme can be found here –https://archivescard.com/. You can begin your registration process online before you visit us.
The Study Centre is located within the main Cutter building on the Woodhorn site. Last document production time is 3.30pm
Please note: Study Centre opening hours differ from those of Woodhorn Museum.
Berwick Record Office:
Walkergate Building
Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
TD15 1DB
Opening hours are 9.30am-12.45pm & 2pm- 4.45 on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
** Document requests must be made in advance via Eventbrite or email**
Please click here to book a place for documents
(you will need to specify documents and include reference numbers)
Visitors wanting to consult our family history resources or ask for advice can just turn up on our open days and we will do our best to help you.
Who was Samuel Phipps? Delving into our uncatalogued ‘Phipps of Barmoor’ collection, to try and find out.
I have recently begun some work to catalogue a four-box collection of papers relating to the Phipps family of Barmoor (NRO 2372). The documents mostly relate to the life and occupations of Samuel Phipps, who held the Barmoor estate from the mid-eighteenth century until his death in 1791. Samuel did not leave any direct heirs and so following his decease, the land passed to his second cousin, Francis Sitwell, who in turn left it to his second son, also named
Spot the Difference
What is history? Is it the lives of royalty from centuries past? Is it the landed gentry, perhaps it is mine owners or ship builders? … In the archives we certainly see a lot of material about these groups but … Spoiler alert, it is not just about them! Recently we had a special delivery of a few papers that give us an insight to a world very seldom seen in traditional county archives. They are … the full collection
Stannington Sanatorium
The Archive of the Stannington Hospital needs YOU. Many voices are missing from the archive. Twenty-five oral history recordings are currently stored at the Northumberland Archive; detailing fascinating stories about life within England’s first tuberculosis sanatorium specifically designed for children. Twenty-five is not enough. And we would like to have your testimony as the next addition to this collection. Ryan Fallon is a PhD researcher at Newcastle University (supervised by Dr Lutz Sauerteig and Prof. Graham Smith). This project, which
Online Exhibitions
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Leaflets and Forms
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Blog Posts
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Online Catalogue
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Opening Times
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