by Prudhoe History | Jun 3, 2024 | Section 1
Prudhoe’s Military Tradition Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 3.05 Prudhoe has a long military tradition. The Drill Hall beside Swalwell Close has recently had other uses, but the first Drill Hall was...
by Prudhoe History | May 31, 2024 | Section 1
The Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Prudhoe Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Galleries 4.01 and 5.05 Until the growth of the mining industry on the south side of the Tyne, Prudhoe and Mickley were part of the old...
by Prudhoe History | May 31, 2024 | Section 1
Industrialisation Comes to Prudhoe Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 5.03 The first records of coal mining in Prudhoe, which we are able to trace, go back to 1434 when a William Forster mined in the area....
by Prudhoe History | May 31, 2024 | Section 1
Prudhoe – Its Origin & Its Castle Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 7.01 Prudhoe’s origins stretch into what one might refer to as ‘pre-history’. “Early man” cleared the timber from the valley side...
