The Heritage Centre Bellingham
Welcome to the Heritage Centre Bellingham's Wiki pages.
Here we present stories and memories from the present and past describing the heritage and history of the area.
If you have any additions or corrections please email info@bellingham-heritage.org.uk, thank you.
Accuracy
We have taken every care to ensure accuracy of this wiki content for the Heritage Centre. Where possible sources of information are referenced. However, as is inevitable in the collection of people's memories and even in documented 'evidence' such as newspaper articles, the accuracy of information can vary and even stray towards the anecdotal. Please bear this in mind when using this wiki.
If you find any information which you think may be inaccurate we would be pleased to hear from you at info@bellingham-heritage.org.uk. Please let us know the corrected information and sources if at all possible. Thank you.
Census Data
We have made use of UK Census data and other records to help create this Wiki. Much of this is due to the endeavours of Rob Tindall and Stan Owen. For a brief explanation of UK Census Data see our page on this subject.
Categories
The following categories are utilised on this Wiki:
Most Recent Pages
25 January 2026
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- 17:5717:57, 25 January 2026 Accessibility (hist | edit) [8,977 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The help page for the Accessibility Gadget. tbc")
21 December 2025
- 14:1514:15, 21 December 2025 Anderson, Michael (hist | edit) [5,896 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Initial article from the November 2025 newsletter)
- 14:0214:02, 21 December 2025 Teaching at Bellingham Council School in 1943 (hist | edit) [6,698 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Initial article from the September 2025 Newsletter, itself a reprint from 1996)
- 13:5913:59, 21 December 2025 Bell, Thomas JP (hist | edit) [878 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created from the September 2025 Newsletter article)
- 13:4913:49, 21 December 2025 Woodruff, Dorothy (hist | edit) [7,600 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Initial Article taken from the May 2025 Heritage Centre Newsletter)
- 12:0012:00, 21 December 2025 Unknown poem (hist | edit) [437 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Article by Clive Dalton)
- 11:5111:51, 21 December 2025 Shops and Businesses in Wark (North Tyne) 1940s-1960s (hist | edit) [7,720 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Initial article from Clive Dalton and others)
- 11:2711:27, 21 December 2025 Nicknames (hist | edit) [1,890 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (First draft from information provided by Clive Dalton)
- 10:5410:54, 21 December 2025 Bellingham (North Tyne) War Memorials (hist | edit) [11,599 bytes] Steve (talk | contribs) (Created page with "From an article by Donald Clegg and Clive Dalton originally on the Woolshed blog website 2015. ==The Boer War== Wikipedia provides a full history of the first Anglo Boer or Transvaal war from Dec 1880 to March 1881, and the second Anglo Boer war from October 1889 to May 1902. The plaque on the memorial to the Bellingham men states that they lost their lives in 1900, 1901 and 1902. # [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War The First Boer War] # [https://en.wikip...")
