North-East History Tour

At a desolate spot high upon the backbone of England, where the modern-day counties of Cumbria, North Yorkshire and County Durham meet, c...

© Copyright Stanley Howe and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Overlooking the River Greta in the deepest...

© Copyright N Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . These days, the Old Spital equates to the fa...

© Copyright Andrew Barclay and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . On the north side of the A66 in the middl...

From the Bowes parish register: Roger Wrightson, junior, and Martha Railton, both of Bowes, buried in one grave. He died of a fever, a...

© Copyright  Hugh Mortimer  and licensed for  reuse  under this  Creative Commons Licence . The Butter Stone sits near the edge of...

Early 20th century plan of Romaldkirk Church [from A History of the County of York, North Riding: Volume 1 (1914)] A sprinkling...

The capital of Upper Teesdale; the centre of the region’s lead-mining industry; Alfred Wainwright’s favourite haunt – all titles bestowed ...

Near the sequence of waterfalls known as Low Force in Teesdale can be found the present-day incarnation of Wynch (or Winch) Bridge – a ...

A curious work concerning the life and times of the residents of Upper Weardale appeared in print in 1840. Entitled Weardale Men and Mann...