Bedlington Terriers

1816 Joseph Ainsley of Bedlington was a mason by trade purchased a dog named "Peacham" from a William Coxon of Rothbury. 1818 He bred "Peacham" with Christopher Dixon's "Phoebe" from Longhorsely. 1818 They kept a pup and named it "Piper" & it was sold to a James Anderson of Longhorsely. The dog was liver in colour. 1820 J Howe of Alnwick went to visit a friend in Bedlington and brought with him a terrier bitch named "Phoebe" that belonged to Andrew Riddell of Longframlington and left it with Edward Coates at the vicarage. The bitch was a gift as Coateshad a keen interest in dogs. The bitch was then referred to as "Coate's Phoebe" by the people of Bedlington. 1825 Coates decides to experiment a little further with the breed and mates "Coate's Phoebe" with Anderson's "Piper" So we have a bit inbreeding here. The litter consisted of, after their owners who got them, "Ainsley's Ranter" of Gateshead, "Coate's Peacham", "Weatherburn's Phoebe", "Hoy's Rocky", "Fish's Crib".They went on further over the years and we have a list of the old breed if anyone wants the list just ask but this is how we got our beloved Bedlington Terrier.