The house in the gap behind the church was badly damaged by a bomb in WW2.
Looking at NE war diary, the likely date was also quite a lively night round here,
Saturday, 10th/Sunday, 11th August 1940 N343
02.00.. Northumberland.. One HE on Warkworth School. Two HEs 140 yards east of Warkworth Bridge.
Northumberland.. Fifteen HEs in fields between Togston Hall and Gilden Bridge.
Northumberland.. Two HEs at Helsey Point, north of Alnwick.
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