Trips

Alnwick as a historic market town has more than its fair share of old and interesting pubs.Local historian Tom Allen has taken the time to research and record many of the histories of Alnwick’s present and lost pubs in his booklet ‘Alnwick, Pubs, Lanes & Alleyways’. Copies of this booklet may be obtained from the…

Warkworth History Society members recently visited Abbotsford House in the Scottish Borders: the former home of Sir Walter Scott, historical novelist and poet.The house itself was developed by Scott from a farm into a Baronial mansion in the Gothic revival style between 1817- 1825. Later it had an additional wing added to the building by…