Fenkle Street drill hall | |
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Alnwick | |
![]() Fenkle Street drill hall, Alnwick | |
Coordinates | 55°24′50″N 1°42′29″W / 55.41387°N 1.70807°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | 1834 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | 1834-1995 |
The Fenkle Street drill hall is a former military installation in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building and is now used by the Northumberland County Council. [1]
The building, which was originally designed as a library and completed in 1834, [1] was extended to form the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers in 1887. [2] [3] The 1st Volunteer Battalion moved to the Hencotes drill hall in Hexham in 1891 but D Company remained at Alnwick and this unit, together with C Company and G Company, evolved to become the 7th Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1908. [4] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [5]
The battalion was reduced to a cadre at Ashington in 1969 but reconstituted as the 6th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers with its headquarters at Fenkle Street in 1975. [6] After the battalion headquarters moved to the Ravensdowne drill hall in Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1975, a rifle platoon forming part of W Company remained at Fenkle Street [6] but, in the 1990s, moved to the Lisburn Terrace Army Reserve Centre. [7] The Fenkle Street building was subsequently converted into offices and is now occupied by the Northumberland County Council Register Office. [8]
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Fenkle Street drill hall | |
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Alnwick | |
![]() Fenkle Street drill hall, Alnwick | |
Coordinates | 55°24′50″N 1°42′29″W / 55.41387°N 1.70807°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | 1834 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | 1834-1995 |
The Fenkle Street drill hall is a former military installation in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building and is now used by the Northumberland County Council. [1]
The building, which was originally designed as a library and completed in 1834, [1] was extended to form the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers in 1887. [2] [3] The 1st Volunteer Battalion moved to the Hencotes drill hall in Hexham in 1891 but D Company remained at Alnwick and this unit, together with C Company and G Company, evolved to become the 7th Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1908. [4] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [5]
The battalion was reduced to a cadre at Ashington in 1969 but reconstituted as the 6th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers with its headquarters at Fenkle Street in 1975. [6] After the battalion headquarters moved to the Ravensdowne drill hall in Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1975, a rifle platoon forming part of W Company remained at Fenkle Street [6] but, in the 1990s, moved to the Lisburn Terrace Army Reserve Centre. [7] The Fenkle Street building was subsequently converted into offices and is now occupied by the Northumberland County Council Register Office. [8]
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