Cholera memorial dedicated..................2
Community feeding.................................2
Planning application validation.............3
Heritage Statements.................................3
Mystery of the missing lion....................4
Isolation hospital......................................6
News in brief.............................................7
Heritage sector and climate change.......7
Energy efficiency in traditional homes..8
Planning matters....................................10
Quiz: Putting heritage on the map.......11
About Alnwick Civic Society................12
Who's Who?............................................12
Diary dates..............................................12
Moonlit view of the castle, seen across river, with battlement bridge on the left, herd of deer in the left foreground, the full moon in the sky; after JMW Turner (Wilton 818); early engraver's proof, before figures in the left background, lightly touched by Turner, detail sketched by him in margin. 1830
Etching and engraving, printed on chine collé, touched with graphite
View of Alnwick Castle from the distance, clouds on the sky; likely an illustration to an unidentified edition of Almon's 'The New Present State of Great Britain'. Etching
Entrance to Alnwick Castle, Northumberland: A hunt leaving the castle, the hounds gathering in the courtyard at left, figures in armour standing around the battlements of the fortress, a flag flying from a tower at left; after Allom, from an unidentified publication
View of Alnwick Castle from the distance, bridge over river Aln in the foreground, a man standing on a boat next to the shore to the left; illustration to an unidentified publication.
Etching
View of Alnwick Castle from a hillside, partly obscured by trees; a man standing behind a stone fence in foreground at right, looking towards the river below; cut impression, pasted onto backing card.
Mixed method, including mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by: Thomas Miles Richardson After: Thomas Miles Richardson
Metal alloy token. (whole) (whole)
Alnwick Castle. Name in a straight line directly underneath. (obverse) (obverse)
A large globe with a rose entwined around its support on the left of the token and a thistle next the support on the right. Name inscribed across the top of the globe on the right side of the token diagonally and read sloping upwards. (reverse) (reverse)
Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832) was a lawyer from Devon, who also became an accomplished painter of landscapes in watercolour. Most of his work was inspired by rural and coastal scenes in Devon. Cornish travelled through England and Wales and painted landscapes in Somerset, Denbighshire (north-east Wales) and the Lake District
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland image courtesy of a private collector Artist John Nixon (1760-1818)
William Callow (1812–1908) was an English landscape painter, engraver and water colourist.
Alnwick Castle by unknown artist
Moonlit view of the castle, seen across river, with battlement bridge on the left, herd of deer in the left foreground, the full moon in the sky; after JMW Turner (Wilton 818); first published state. 1830
Etching and engraving, printed on chine collé
Alnwick Castle from Lion Bridge. There are people gathering hay in the middle ground
Information for visitors, History, Events, Film Locations, etc.
View of Alnwick Castle from the distance, a couple on the park in the foreground to the right, and three cows to the left resting and grazing.
Etching and some engraving Print made by: J Bailey (?)
Etching: View of Alnwick Castle from the distance, bridge over river Aln in the foreground, a man fishing to the left with his dog. Print made by: William T Woolnoth/ From British Museum
Moonlit view of the castle, seen across river, with battlement bridge on the left, herd of deer in the left foreground, the full moon in the sky; after JMW Turner (Wilton 818); etched state. 1830
View of Alnwick Castle from the distance, bridge over the river Aln to the left, three cows resting by the water, the castle to the right. Etching
Alnwick Castle, Looking up the River: Landscape with castle on raised ground at left, river at right, crossed by a bridge in the middle distance and trees on the bank at right, a fiqure walking along a strip of ground in shadow in the foreground; after Lord Viscount Duncannon, the corresponding page of which is attached behind image at left. 1780 Etching and engraving
View of Alnwick Castle from the distance, bridge over river Aln in the foreground, a man standing on a boat next to the shore to the left; illustration to an unidentified publication.
Etching
By Rev J L Pettit
Britain from above: Alnwick Castle 1938
Clayport Street and the castle, Alnwick, 1932
From RIBA
18th century copperplate print.
18th century copperplate print
18th century copperplate print
Historic England listing: Castle, Stable Court and Covered Riding School
Keys to the past: Castle, Stable Court and Covered Riding School
Lords Tower by Barbara Woodhouse
A fine old feudal Castle, with the most ancient parts being the Barbican or Outer Gate and the Inner Gate with its flanking Towers both built about 1350 the other Ancient parts were built about 1434, the whole has of course been often repaired the two greatest being by the 1st Duke about 1760 when the Keep was repaired & partly rearranged, several detached buildings in the Wards destroyed & and again during the last 10 years the present Duke has nearly remodeled the whole being careful to preseve preserve all that was Antique, thus the Keep has had the massive Prudhoe Tower added keeping the appearance of the Early Edwards Castle externally but transforming it internally into A Gorgeous Suite of State Rooms fitted up in a Mediaeval Italian Style the whole being conveniently connected by corridors, he has added a fine range of kitchens with many Modern Convenience, there is likewise the Stewards Room for the servants, Offices for the Clerks, Stabling Yards &c for the Horses & their attendants he has likewise rearranged the Gardens & pleasure grounds and everything he has done is Superb & the best of its kind as expense has never been regarded.
Picturesque England - Alnwick Castle - the seat of the Duke of Northumberland.
Watercolour by John Thomas Selwin Ibbetson (1789-1869)
B y J. M. W. Bean.
The military exploits of the Percies in the fourteenth century have led to the almost instinctive association of their name with the Border warfare in which the fortress of Alnwick played a very important part. It is, however, wrong to think of the Percies as a Border family throughout their history. They acquired their first Border estates—those of the barony of Alnwick—in the beginning of the fourteenth century. The family had possessed great estates in Yorkshire since the Conquest, while Petworth in Sussex was obtained in the middle of the twelfth century. From the time of the early Normans the lords of Alnwick had been the Vescis.
The last Vesci lord of Alnwick was William Vesci, who died in 1297 without lawful issue. It was his death which eventually gave the Percy family the opportunity to acquire the castle, manor and barony of Alnwick.
The gatehouse and barbican at Alnwick Castle with an account of the recent discoveries by By W. H . Knowles. from Archaeologia Aeliana Series 3. Vol 5, p. 286 (1909).
The ancient castle of Alnwick is situated on rising- ground on the south hank of the river Ain. One of the best views of it is to be obtained from the opposite bank of the river a little to the east of Abbey cottage, from which point the grouping of the buildings is diversified, imposing and effective, though stern in character. The structure appears suited both to its important position on the restless northern border, and to the illustrious and powerful house of Percy with which it is associated. It is five miles from the mouth of the river, and could thereby, in case of need, receive provisions and assistance like other settlements similarly placed. It occupies a strong natural position, protected on the north by the river, on the south and east by the Bow-burn (a stream which used to run through a deep ravine between the castle and the town still evident, though considerably filled in during the eighteenth century), and on the west by an artificial ditch.
Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building now the home of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland and his family. In 2016, the castle received over 600,000 visitors per year when combined with adjacent attraction the Alnwick Garden.