Talk:Alnmouth

Fortified Alnmouth?
I lived in Alnmouth for ten years and this is the first I've heard that Alnmouth was taken, fortified, and occupied by the French. I would treat this suspiciously as the fortress of Alnwick castle was only 4 miles away and the castle at Warkworth was also about 4 miles away. The Dukes of Northumberland have always been powerful and I can't see that he would allow an occupied town 4 miles from his castle.

Google searches have not produced anything apart from that one reference in Encyclopædia metropolitana.

Cheers

Legless
 * Evening Mort. I think I added that factette after a late night trawl though google books. It is phrased in our article as a claim by Encyclopædia metropolitana, with a reference ... wikipedia is not making the claim, merely repeating it.


 * However there may indeed be something to it: see The New British Traveller by James Dugdale (no relation, presumably) here. Is there a possibility that the Percies were at a low ebb at the time of Elizabeth? Liz reigned from 1558 - 1603; the Dukedom was forfeited within that period after John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland had been executed for treason by Mary I of England --Tagishsimon (talk) 19:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry Simon, but this doesn't wash. If Alnmouth had been taken and fortified then where are the remains of the fortifications? And what about the garrison of Berwick? That was massively upgraded by Elizabeth in case of a French invasion (that didn't happen).

During this time Britain's navy was a potent force compared to the French so I'd be interested how they managed to get a fleet up the coast, invade and capture an important sea-port and then fortify it without any of this being recorded. (Except by some doddery old bloke almost 300 years later.)

Nope. Didn't happen.

Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.84.34.32 (talk) 02:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Two doddery old blokes have reported it so far. Of course, one might have cribbed from the next. You might as well ask where are the rest of the remains of that part of the village which disappeared when the river changed its course.

What we need is to track down the Alnmouth book, "Four Chapters in the History of Alnmouth". I'll see if Alnwick library has it. Until then, judgement reserved. Oh, and the rail fare has gone up, but there's now free internet. Yours, from the 0705 southbound, &c --Tagishsimon (talk) 07:53, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Just a thought, but there's a bloke called Fred Bettis who lives in Alnmouth and has written a couple of booka about village history. I'll try and get a hold of him and see if he has a copy of Four Chapeters. Even if he doesn't he might be able to throw some light on this. And greetings from Melbourne where I'm living now... - Legless —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.60.122 (talk) 10:21, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That would be champion; thanks. Wondered why I'd not seen you on the train recently. I recall you talking about the Oz connection ... so is that a permanent move, or is that a silly question? Well done, in any event. --Tagishsimon (talk) 19:09, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Some old photographs
I own an original Dickson "History of Alnmouth" with three old photographs. I uploaded them to wikimedia, but added only one to the article. I believe the article is too short at the moment to have all these pictures.--Stoeffler (talk) 15:45, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the photos. What I would give for a copy of Dickinson... --Tagishsimon (talk) 08:20, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Golf course
Can someone do some research and correct the bit obout Alnmouth being the 2nd oldest golf course in the country please? According to the clubs own website it's the fourth"

''So, Alnmouth had now taken its place among the earliest courses and Clubs in England, sharing fourth place in this respect with Hoylake (Royal Liverpool), their predecessors being Blackheath -1608; Westward Ho (Royal North Devon) in 1864; and Royal Wimbledon in 1865. Moreover, Alnmouth played its part as one of the sponsors of the Amateur Championship. It was in 1885 that the Royal Liverpool Club (Hoylake) actually introduced the competition and Alnmouth with 23 other clubs controlled this event until the year 1919."''

From what I remember, Alnmouth boasted of being the 2nd oldest LINKS golf course. And I'm not sure if that was in Britain or in England.

Cheers

Legless —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.76.21.237 (talk) 08:08, 1 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Are you in the UK or Oz ATM? And did the edit button stop working for you :).

I'm in Oz. And I don't really do much wiki-fiddling so I don't know the conventions...

Legless —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.76.21.237 (talk) 12:51, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

'kay. I have Simac visiting in a few days, so that'll be nice. Trust it's all working out for you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 16:05, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

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