North-East History Tour

(image from Archaeologia Aeliana , 1st series, vol 44, 1870) A little to the north of Featherstone Castle there sits Wydon Eals Farm...

Site of the Battle of Heavenfield, with  St.Oswald’s Church in the distance. The ‘Golden Age’ of Northumbria – the period of Dark ...

The Northumberland flag is based on an ancient design, the origin of which is buried deep in the Dark Ages – making it, most probably,...

Anyone who knows anything about the ancient history of Northumbria will be aware of the region’s strong links with early Christianity. Aid...

A little off the B6525 to the NE of Doddington lies the hamlet of Wrangham. One may not immediately associate this rural backwater – now l...

On a small prominence at roughly the spot where the Bowes Railway meets the southern-most extremity of Eighton Banks lies, possibly, the b...

Beowulf, that shady mythical figure from Dark Age Scandinavia, has found himself transformed, almost, into a great British hero thanks to...

Jarrow Slake, that oddly-named area of reclaimed land on the south bank of the Tyne neighbouring St.Paul’s Church, has a recorded history ...

The ancestor of all fermented drinks, antedating the cultivation of the soil. Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, historian. One of Lindisfarne’s mo...