Talk:Alnmouth
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I lived in Alnmouth for ten years and this is the first I've heard that Alnmouth was taken, fortified, and occupied by the French. I would treat this suspiciously as the fortress of Alnwick castle was only 4 miles away and the castle at Warkworth was also about 4 miles away. The Dukes of Northumberland have always been powerful and I can't see that he would allow an occupied town 4 miles from his castle.
Google searches have not produced anything apart from that one reference in Encyclopædia metropolitana.
Cheers
Legless
- Evening Mort. I think I added that factette after a late night trawl though google books. It is phrased in our article as a claim by Encyclopædia metropolitana, with a reference ... wikipedia is not making the claim, merely repeating it.
- However there may indeed be something to it: see The New British Traveller by James Dugdale (no relation, presumably) here. Is there a possibility that the Percies were at a low ebb at the time of Elizabeth? Liz reigned from 1558 - 1603; the Dukedom was forfeited within that period after John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland had been executed for treason by Mary I of England --Tagishsimon (talk) 19:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry Simon, but this doesn't wash. If Alnmouth had been taken and fortified then where are the remains of the fortifications? And what about the garrison of Berwick? That was massively upgraded by Elizabeth in case of a French invasion (that didn't happen).
During this time Britain's navy was a potent force compared to the French so I'd be interested how they managed to get a fleet up the coast, invade and capture an important sea-port and then fortify it without any of this being recorded. (Except by some doddery old bloke almost 300 years later.)
Nope. Didn't happen.
Cheers —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.84.34.32 (talk) 02:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Two doddery old blokes have reported it so far. Of course, one might have cribbed from the next. You might as well ask where are the rest of the remains of that part of the village which disappeared when the river changed its course.
What we need is to track down the Alnmouth book, "Four Chapters in the History of Alnmouth". I'll see if Alnwick library has it. Until then, judgement reserved. Oh, and the rail fare has gone up, but there's now free internet. Yours, from the 0705 southbound, &c --Tagishsimon (talk) 07:53, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
