Board school in Haltwhistle about 1910
mixed, built in 1875, for 300 children, with infants school added in 1892, for 130 children; average attendance, 291 boys & girls & 105 infants; William Keenlyside; master; Miss Alice Hamilton, infants' mistress Mixed, enlarged in 1871 & again in 1889, for 500 children.Average attendance, 260; John George Parke, master. Miss Emily Hartley, infants' mistress
Staff at board school my auntie Bee middle row second from left
Fell Burn School, built in 1865, for 37 children; Miss E. M. Dinning, mistress
deputy, William Jas Graham, Main street, Haltwhistle
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS.
The Mechanics' Institute, established in 1848, has been removed from the Town Hall to new premises in the centre of the town, built in 1901 at a cost of £3,000, and comprising a large hall, used for concerts and entertainment's, reading rooms, billiard rooms it has a library of about 1,400 volumes.
Edward Joicey esq. J.P. Hon president; Thomas Dryden; hon. sec.
The cemetery, opened in 1900, comprises 3 acres of well laid out grounds, and is managed by a Joint Committee.
Wilkinson Moralee, clerk to the Haltwhistle & District & Blenkinsopp & Thirlwall Joint Burial Committees, Town hall
Varty Teasdale, supt. of cemetery, West end
Church Hall see Holy Cross
County Court, His Honor David Fenwick Steavenson LL.B. J.P. judge; Edward Blackburn, registrar; Peter Spratt, deputy bailiff a county court is held at Jackson's Assembly rooms in January, April, JUly & October; it comprises the following places in its jurisdiction Asholme, Bellister, Blenkinsopp, Coanwood, Featherstone, Haltwhistle, Hartleyburn Henshaw, Lambley, Melkridge, Plainmeller, Ridley, Thirlwall, Thorngrafton, Wall Town, Whitfield (part of), Wydon
Assembly Rooms (Joseph Jackson, proprietor), West end
For Bankruptcy purposes this court is included in that of Carlisle, Keighley John Rough, 34 Fisher street, Carlisle, official receiver
TERRITORIAL FORCE Battalion (4th) Northumberland Fusiliers (F Co. ; Capt. & Hon. Maj. John B. Lowes ; Color-Sergt. George D. Fewster, drill instructor) head quarters, The Armoury, Castle terrace
4th Northumberland Fusiliers (F Co.) ; head quarters, The Armoury, Castle terrace; Capt. k Ron,
Major John B. Lowell ; Color-Sergt. George D. Fewster, drill instructor; numbers 90 rank & file
The South Tyne Agricultural Society and the Haltwhistle Floral and Horticultural Society hold yearly shows in September.
Haltwhistle Floral & Horticultural Society (James Doughty, hon. sec. ). Central place
South Tyne Agricultural Society (William Armstrong, sec. Henshaw)
Haltwhistle Cricket. Club (Edwin Hastewell, sec.), Westgate
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