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Tuesday, 26 July 2016
The Extraordinary William Emerson (NZ308102)
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One of the North-East’s greatest eccentrics, William Emerson, was born in Hurworth-on-Tees in 1701. He was also a brilliant mathematici...
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
The Venerable Charles Thorp (NZ151648)
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When you hear the name Charles Thorp muttered in and around the parish of Ryton these days, it is almost always in connection with the ...
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Eglingham’s Wandering Cleric (NU106195)
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Canon Henry Baker Tristram was an English clergyman, naturalist, Biblical scholar and traveller. Somewhat controversially for his time,...
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Sir Anthony Carlisle (NZ364227)
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Old Stillington – the original village, not the nineteenth century creation which jumps out at you from the map of today – lies a mile ...
Monday, 30 August 2010
The Smithsonian Museum and its North-East Connection
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I can’t possibly leave the subject of the life of the 1st Duke of Northumberland without claiming a neat little piece of glory for the regi...
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