North-East History Tour

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 ...

© Copyright   Hugh Mortimer   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . Winston Bridge straddles the River ...

If, one day, you find yourself wandering around Darlington, then you may well notice rather a lot of large rocks lying here and there – it...

On the north bank of the River Tees a few hundred yards to the south-west of Middleton St.George is the spot of the original Dinsdale Spa...

Neasham Priory was founded in the early twelfth century for a community of Benedictine nuns. Today not a trace of it remains, having occu...

At the southern-most tip of the Diocese of Durham lies the parish of Sockburn. It’s a busy little place, history-wise, though you wouldn’...

Meaning, ironically, ‘the new dwelling’, the deserted medieval village of Newsham sits on the northern bank of a wide curve of the R...

© Copyright Gordon Hatton and licensed for  reuse under this Creative CommonsLicence . The Ketton Ox public house, a fine-loo...

Though it may seem utterly unbelievable today, the town of Yarm, in the very depths of North-East England (and eighteen winding miles fr...

The Teesside conurbation is famous for its extraordinary Victorian growth, but that is not to say there was nothing in the vicinity befor...

The more modern a landmark the more likely it is to be disliked, it seems, by those who know it.  With the passage of time, and as fee...