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- 08:54, 21 March 2024 Featherstone Prisoner of War Camp (hist | edit) [10,709 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Initial article.)
- 17:22, 21 January 2024 Gilsland Spa Hotel (hist | edit) [2,814 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Initial content)
- 17:17, 21 January 2024 A link to Ruth Ellis (hist | edit) [1,950 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Initial content)
- 20:43, 5 January 2024 History and Tour of Holy Cross Church (hist | edit) [11,662 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''* This information is provided by Colin Mills following a visit he hosted to Holy Cross Church for the Haltwhistle Heritage Group on 4/10/2023.'' ==Introduction== Colin began by recapping some of the information from his talk about King Edward I in August to set the scene: * There are possible connections to St Aidan which survive in the place name ‘Eden’s Lawn’. * The Anglo-Saxon church became large and well endowed. During the reign of King Knut, it was inc...")
- 20:37, 5 January 2024 Edward I in Haltwhistle AD1306, and related topics (hist | edit) [11,996 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''* Information provided by Colin Mill 2/8/2023 to a talk for the Haltwhistle History Group'' These notes mainly cover the years 1297 to 1307, just ten years. We have here an itinerary of King Edward I journey across Durham and Northumberland in the autumn before he dies. You can keep these copies if you wish – we can get more copies from the library if there are not enough. The bits that are printed in bold are the official itinerary from the national archives...")
- 20:31, 5 January 2024 A Town Walk – through the past, shops, Reivers, streams and Pigs (hist | edit) [7,485 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "On Thursday 31st August a town walk organised by the library was led by Maureen and Lorna along Westgate from the library and main street as far as the Wappings. Everyone, new to the town or born there, would have learned something from these two lovely ladies and we had great fun on the walk as well to make this a great experience, finishing with coffee at the Centre of Britain Hotel. Living in the area for only 30 years meant I learned a lot. I provide some brief note...")
- 20:26, 5 January 2024 Castles (hist | edit) [1,719 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Local Castles include: * Bellister * Thirlwall * Blenkinsopp * Langley * Ridley Hall * Haltwhistle * Featherstone * Unthank * Willemoteswick There are many uses of the word castle for various buildings ranging from hunting lodges, fortified buildings and mansion houses, through to castles authorised by the Crown. Not all of the above buildings are actual ‘Castles’ authorised by the Crown. Little is known about Haltwhistle Castle because other than some possible fo...")
- 20:15, 5 January 2024 Churches and Chapels in Haltwhistle (hist | edit) [5,788 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==The Quaker Meeting House, Coanwood== The Meeting House was built in 1760 and is historically important as it has not been modified since it was built. It is a Grade II* listed building and is currently owned and cared for by the Historic Chapels Trust. However, the Trust is soon to relinquish this responsibility so there are steps being taken to preserve the future of this delightful building. The Meeting House is open every day between 10:00 and 16:00 (as of Septembe...")
- 19:55, 5 January 2024 Tinsmith (hist | edit) [863 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "From wikipedia, the full encyclopaedia online. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinsmith More details can be found there.] A tinsmith is a person who makes and repairs things made of tin or other light metals. The profession may sometimes also be known as a tinner, tinker, tinman, or tinplate worker; whitesmith may also refer to this profession, though the same word may also refer to an unrelated specialty of iron-smithing. By extension it can also refer to the person who...")
- 19:54, 5 January 2024 Cordwainer (hist | edit) [368 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Information from WikiPedia A cordwainer is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. The cordwainer's trade can be contrasted with the cobbler's trade, according to a tradition in Britain that restricted cobblers to repairing shoes. For a full description of Cordwainer see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwainer Wikipedia here]. Category:Occupations")