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First published in Great Britain in 2016 by
PEN & SWORD MILITARY
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Copyright © Craig Armstrong, 2016
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1914 – Pre-War Alnwick
1915 – Agriculture and Industry
1916 – Agriculture and Industry
1917 – Agriculture and Industry
1918 – Agriculture and Industry
CHAPTER 1
1914
Pre-War Alnwick
Alnwick was (and remains) the county town of Northumberland, and as the
seat of the Dukes of Northumberland always had considerable influence
within the county. Sited amidst a rich agricultural district, and with a number
of wealthy residents in the town and its hinterlands, the town had an air of
prosperity about it. Industrially the town was reliant upon agricultural
engineering and lacked heavy industry almost entirely. The main factories
produced snuff and tobacco and there were a number of brewers and
maltsters; the town also possessed a small foundry works, the Alnwick
Foundry & Engineering Company Ltd, which catered for local ironwork.
Two markets were held weekly; the first being a general market which
was held on a Saturday and the second a cattle market held on Mondays. In
addition to these there were several agricultural fairs held in the town: for
sheep, cattle and horses on the last Monday in April and the first Monday in
October; lamb and wool on the second Monday in July; and hirings fairs (for
agricultural workers) held on the first Saturday in March, the first Monday in
May and the first Saturday in November.
The town housed a newly built infirmary, which was opened in 1908, in
South Road which consisted of separate in-patient and outpatient wings. The
in-patient wing could hold around fourteen patients whilst the out-patients

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