Allendale Agricultural Show – horse classes, with the church bank in the background. The show at that time – between c. 1898 and 1920 – was held on Riding Haughs between, which were owned by the Show Committee’s chairman James Walton. The show ‘came back’ to the Riding in the early 1950s, where it has … read more
Allendale Agricultural Show – cattle classes. Allendale Agricultural Show – horse classes, with the “Scar’ – a landslip near the Philipburn – in the background. The show at that time – between c. 1898 and 1920 – was held on Riding Haughs between, which were owned by the Show Committee’s chairman James Walton. The show … read more
Allendale market place, with the building that now houses the Post Office to the left of the picture.
Allendale market day. The busiest of these days was once a month, in what was called the ‘money week’ being the week in which the lead miners and smelters received their ‘lent’ or ‘subsistence’ money, on which occasions it was often a matter of difficulty to walk through the marketplace on account of the crowd.
Allendale market place, Kenilworth (to the right of today’s Forge art shop) is the double-storey building behind. The low farm buildings to the rear-right were pulled down in the 1930s and a pair of semi-detached red-roofed houses (Ingleby and Highbury) built in their place.
The byre of Selah Farm. Built by Dr. William Campbell Arnison in the 1800s, it has subsequently been converted into two houses in Selah Close.
Allendale market day. Looking along the ‘High St’ towards the Savings Bank and Board School.
A group of farmers. Irene Bell’s father, Joshua Peart (1884-1964) of Juniper farm, Thornley Gate is second from right.
Aerial view of Mill Cottages, Allendale. These were built for workers at the nearby smelt mill. Note the farm behind, now converted to two dwellings – that track by the river, that enters Catton at the Methodist chapel, was the only road from Catton to Allendale until 1828.
A newspaper cutting from 1996 regarding recognition of the Land Girls of the Second World War.
Committee for Allendale Agricultural Show at Riding Haughs, Bridge End. On front row; second left is J.G.Nevin and third left is Mr Dinning.
Postcard showing Studdon farm. This is located on the Allendale-Allenheads road, opposite the road up to Allendale golf club (in 2020).
The Sanderson family. The lady is Lily Noble (formerly Sanderson) who later lived at the Cornmill, Spartylea.
The Hexham (or Allendale) Wolf – found dead on the railway line at Cumwhinton, Cumberland on 29 Dec 1904. Thought to have escaped from a private zoo at Shotley Bridge, the wolf harassed and preyed on livestock in the Shire and Allendale in the winter months of late 1904.
