"Map of Alwinton"

"Alwinton Bridge End"

"Alwinton, or Allenton Parish. Extends from the borders of Scotland at Makenden, to Burn Foot, near Trewit Mains, a distance of about 14 miles; and from Shill-Moor southward to Farnham, more than 9 miles.   It is a mountainous region, lying on the north side of the Coquet river, and stretching from both sides of the river Alwine, which rises 5½ miles North of Alwinton, and falls into the Coquet, near that village.   A poem entitled "the Marriage of the Coquet and Alwine," by an unknown author, was printed in 1817, for John Adamson, Esq. of Newcastle." [From History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the counties of Durham and Northumberland, Parson and White, 1828]

"Dartmoor Prison - circa 1900"

William Hindmarsh, born 1817 in North Belsay, Burnside was the Governor of Dartmoor Prison some time prior to 1853.   His wife Frances nee Wilkenson had eight children, four of them in Alnwick and four in Princetown, Devon during her husband's early years as Governor.    It is interesting to speculate why they named one of their daughters "Adelaide".   Was she named after Queen Adelaide, named to commemmorate the founding of the capital of South Australia by their namesake or, perhaps, to signify a more positive link with Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh?

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This Branch is also directly linked to Branch No25