Editing Wooler (section)

==History==
Wooler was not recorded in the [[Domesday Book]], because when the book was written in 1086, northern [[Northumbria]] was not under [[Normans|Norman]] control. However, by 1107, at the time of the creation of the 1st Baron of Wooler, the settlement was described as "situated in an ill-cultivated country under the influence of vast mountains, from whence it is subject to impetuous rains". Wooler subsequently enjoyed a period of prosperity and with its expansion it was granted a licence in 1199 to hold a market every Thursday.  The St. Mary Magdalene Hospital was established around 1288.

Wooler is close to [[Humbleton Hill]], the site of a severe [[Scotland|Scottish]] defeat at the hands of [[Harry Hotspur]] in 1402. This battle is referred to at the beginning of [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' – of which Hotspur is the dashing hero.

After the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]], the patronage and tithe income from the parish church passed from the [[Bishop of Durham]] to the [[Earl of Tankerville]].

Wooler also used to have a [[drill hall]] that was the local "picture house" which children were evacuated to in [[World War II]]. There also used to be a fountain situated at the top of Church Street in the town.<ref>[http://www.wooler.org.uk/history.htm http://www.wooler.org.uk/history.htm] ''wooler.org.uk''</ref>

Alexander Dalziel of Wooler (1781–1832) was the father of the celebrated [[Dalziel Brothers]]. Seven of his eight children were artists, and became celebrated wood-engravers in London.<ref>[http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/20101/the-dalziel-brothers-a-family-of-engravers.php The Dalziel Brothers – National Portrait Gallery]</ref> Their sister Margaret was also a wood-engraver.

Between 1887 and 1965 the town was served by [[Wooler railway station]] on the [[Cornhill Branch|Alnwick to Cornhill Branch]].