What is Alnwick?
[[File:Alnwick and Alnwick Castle - Northumberland - 140804.jpg|thumb|The town of Alnwick and [[Alnwick Castle]] (August 2004)]] '''Alnwick''' is a [[market town]] in [[Northumberland]], England. It is the traditional [[county town]] of Northumberland. The population in 2011 was 8,116. <ref>{{cite web|title=Parish population 2011|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119953&c=Alnwick&d=16&e=62&g=6452732&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1435230378812&enc=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626154128/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11119953&c=Alnwick&d=16&e=62&g=6452732&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1435230378812&enc=1|archive-date=26 June 2015|access-date=25 June 2015}}</ref> The town is on the south side of the [[River Aln]]. The town started around [[Anno Domini|AD]] 600. The town was important in the middle ages. The first reason is that [[:en:Alnwick_Castle|Alnwick Castle]] was the home of the Percy Family, who were the [[:en:Earl_of_Northumberland|Earls of Northumberland]]. The Percys were the most powerful family in Northern England during the middle ages. The second reason was that the town was on [[A1 road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]] that went between between [[Edinburgh]] and [[London]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Market towns in England]] [[Category:Towns in Northumberland]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Northumberland]] {{UK-stub}}