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.

BERWICK JOURNAL 6TH NOVEMBER, 1924

BERWICK’S NEW COUNCILLORS Coun. Alex. Robertson is a native of Edinburgh and was educated at George Watson’s College and Milton Public School, where his father, who dies a few years ago, was Headmaster. When he left school, he went to well – known seed merchants in Leith to serve his apprenticeship. Having completed his apprenticeship and acquired a good knowledge of the seed trade, at the age of 19 he received an appointment with Messrs Thos. Carter and Sons, Seed

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LEST WE FORGET: Sergeant Kenneth William Johnston

LEST WE FORGET:  Sergeant Kenneth William Johnston 4273778 9th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers  1 February 1920 – 3 September 1974 Today, on Remembrance Day, we look at the life of Ken Johnston; a gentleman we have had the privilege to get to know posthumously this year, through the eyes of his children and the memorabilia he left behind… Earlier this year, we collected a deposit of papers and textiles from the shop J.M. Johnston & Son, Ironmongers & Plumbers, in

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The Demise of Local Maternity Services in Northumberland: Part Two

This blog has been researched and written by Dee Love, one of the volunteers on our maternity care project. Project volunteers are researching maternity care in Northumberland with particular focus on Castle Hills Maternity Home, Berwick, and Mona Taylor Maternity Home, Stannington. The blog is based on wider research exploring maternity provision in Northumberland. As late as October 1972 discussions were still ongoing about the future of the Thomas Knight Memorial Hospital. The House Committee had been told no proposals had been

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