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this article contradicts itslef it says POPULATION 7100 and POPULATION 7600 i was looking at some population statistics, however, from a statistician based in the NE, Yan Che Shek, and neither of these figures add up with his data available on his webpages. Can some one fix this error, and provide some citation to the appropriate geographical literature. Many thanks.

I have some info in my family tree that I am trying to verify about the capture of William The Lion. I have found conflicting stories about who was there. Could someone please help me out. The info I have places Ralf de Glanvil (Ralph De Glanville) and troops as the capturer but the Alnwick page names someone else. if anyone has any info could you please forward it to me. thx Randywilliams1975 23:09, 25 July 2007 (UTC) [1]Reply

Alnwick is not the county town of Northumberland. Morpeth is the administrative centre of Northumberland as the County Hall offices are located in Morpeth. Furthermore, the law courts were formerly in Morpeth and therefore Morpeth also has a historical judicial function. The law courts are now in Bedlington. In summation, Alnwick has no claim to the title of county town based on the definition of a county town.

Country Life magazine for October 2002 was not sourced correctly.

The following news article explains why Morpeth is county town.
http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/The-title-belongs-to-Morpeth.979686.jp

Here (http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Alnwick) is the Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 article for Alnwick, which suggests "historic County Town" is about right. 92.238.177.48 (talk) 11:43, 9 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Is there a reason that these don't get a mention? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.38.78.139 (talk) 22:16, 7 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Maproom's edit here adds the old station and Barter Books to Landmarks, which on the face of it is appropriate and useful, but it's already mentioned at Economy, and the duplication seems a bit odd. I'm loth to revert the addition but I do wonder how we can elegantly resolve this? Best to all, DBaK (talk) 00:31, 24 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

I hadn't noticed that Barter was already mentioned under "Economy". I agree, the mentions, and the picture, should be consolidated.

Much as I like secondhand bookshops, I believe that building is notable primarily as a fine railway building; indeed, there's a Wikipedia article on Alnwick railway station. I've heard that the small town had such a grand railway station for the convenience of Queen Victoria when visiting the Duke of Newcastle; but I've failed to find a reliable source for that. I see now that Barter Books also has a Wikipedia article, which surpises me, The Old Cinema Bookshop and Richard Booth's Bookshop in Hay-on-Wye don't have Wikipedia articles.

I'd propose putting all the old station/Barter information together in the Landmarks section, but I won't object if someone wants to put it all in Economy. Maproom (talk) 08:56, 24 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks very much for the reply. Sounds like an excellent plan: I think it's important that it's consolidated into one main mention but I'm less fussy about where that is. Interesting points about the shop and station too, thanks. DBaK (talk) 17:19, 24 March 2025 (UTC)Reply