North-East History Tour

Mickley, Northumberland, is not a very large village. It is known, historically, as the birthplace of the famous engraver, Thomas Bewi...

Situated in a loop on the north bank of the River Tyne, the settlement of Bywell is an odd little place. Now strangely vacant, yet still ...

  As part of the Europe-wide celebrations following the overthrow of Napoleon, a state visit to the UK was arranged for Alexander I, Emper...

  This beauty was so famous in its day that the great engraver Thomas Bewick had an audience with it – if only to immortalise its image pr...