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Forum: Acklington and Guyzance 02-07-2012, 06:54 PM
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Posted By Coquet
The shipping point and warehouse referred to on...

The shipping point and warehouse referred to on the Coquet was at what today
would be a point half way along the Warkworth Road from Amble - at this early time that is as far as the road went.
Forum: Acklington and Guyzance 02-07-2012, 06:46 PM
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Posted By Coquet
I wonder if they used coal from the Acklington...

I wonder if they used coal from the Acklington Colliery at the foundry :D
Forum: Acklington and Guyzance 02-07-2012, 06:44 PM
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Posted By Coquet
Sad note.

Regarding the reference to a George Kendal giving up his lease early Hodgson notes:

Tradition says Kendal took a dislike to the place through the drowning of one of his daughters in the water...
Forum: Acklington and Guyzance 02-07-2012, 06:36 PM
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Posted By Coquet
Hodgson has some of the history of the place: ...

Hodgson has some of the history of the place:

The rural calm of Acklington park was broken in the year 1775, when a firm of speculators, attracted by the unfailing water-power of the Coquet,...
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