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unusual facts about White Swan Hotel, Alnwick


Olympic-class ocean liner

The First Class Lounge and part of the Aft Grand Staircase, can be found in the White Swan Hotel, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.


Bridgend Priory

In February 1445 a fire devastated the church and monastic buildings, and Alnwick Bishop of Lincoln issued an indulgence of forty days to all who should contribute before Michaelmas to the relief of the priory.

Exclusive Brethren

Not all of the people remaining in fellowship with Raven agreed with him and this led in 1908-9 to further splits, initiated by actions of the Glanton assembly in Northumberland over dissensions in the neighbouring Alnwick assembly.

George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus

In June 1448, Angus joined with his kinsmen the Earl of Douglas and his brother Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde on a punitive raid into England and despoiled the countryside as far as Alnwick which they burnt and "come hame wele".

Gille Brigte of Galloway

During the invasion, William was caught off-guard, and captured while besieging the castle at Alnwick.

Gille Brigte, Earl of Strathearn

When William was captured at Alnwick in 1174, Gille Brigte too became a hostage, and shared William's fate as a prisoner at Falaise.

Grand Staircase of the RMS Titanic

The main staircase of the White Swan Hotel in Alnwick, England has banisters from the Olympic's Grand Staircase, which is presumed to have been identical to the Titanic's.

James Catnach

James Catnach kept in touch with Mark and visited him in Alnwick on more than one occasion.

John Catnach

John had been raised as a Roman Catholic and his wife as a Presbyterian, but in the baptismal records of St. Michael’s Church, Alnwick, she is described as a (religious) Dissenter.

They had (at least) 9 children, the first three born in Berwick on Tweed and the remainder in Alnwick.

John de Vesci

These included the barony of Alnwick and a large property in Northumberland and considerable estates in Yorkshire, including Malton.

Laura Weightman

Weightman was educated at "The Duchess Community High School", a state comprehensive school in the market town of Alnwick in Northumberland, in North East England.

Lignum vitae

Greenheart was used to make the acclaimed Hardy's Greenheart fly fishing rods, by Hardy Brothers of Alnwick.

Low Newton

Low Newton-by-the-Sea, a village located in the district of Alnwick in Northumberland, England

Ponteland Observer

At that time the only weekly newspaper to pay attention to Ponteland was the 'Ponteland edition' of the Alnwick-based Northumberland Gazette.

Poppleton manuscript

The Poppleton manuscript is the name given to the fourteenth century codex likely compiled by Robert of Poppleton, a Carmelite friar who was the Prior of Hulne, near Alnwick.

Robert III de Stuteville

Stuteville, with his brothers and sons, was active in support of the king during the war of 1174, and he took a prominent part in the capture of William the Lion at Alnwick on 13 July (Rog. Hov. ii. 60).

Robert William Bell

Bell took a number of positions in the Anglican church, and was Curate of Benwell (1901–06), Alnwick (1906–07), Whittingham (1907–08), Christchurch (1908–11) and St. Andrews (1911–15).

Sedgefield Ball Game

Scoring the Hales at Alnwick a small market town in north Northumberland, in the north-east of England.

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

The location of 'Honeywood Hall' is not traced but the guests visit Warkworth, Alnwick, and Chillingham Castle to see the wild cattle.

Tip Tipping

Tipping died on 5 February 1993, aged 34, in a parachuting accident at Brunton, near Alnwick, Northumberland, while filming for the BBC documentary series 999.

White Swan Hotel, Alnwick

The analogy was an apt one, as the room was decorated in the Louis XV style based on interiors at the Palace of Versailles.

William of Alnwick

William of Alnwick (c. 1275 – March 1333) was a Franciscan friar and theologian, and bishop of Giovinazzo, who took his name from Alnwick in Northumberland.


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