North-East History Tour

Many of you will have noticed large man-made, cave-like structures dotted around the British countryside, and perhaps even be aware that the...

When the tourist visits Bamburgh, Grace Darling is never far from their mind. I cannot believe that there is anyone reading this who isn’t a...

As you will no doubt know, St.Cuthbert spent a good deal of his time as a hermit living on Inner Farne. As he was somewhat in demand for one...

A famous local landmark, St.Cuthbert’s Cave is a large, natural sandstone feature 3½ miles west of Belford. It is not really a cave at all,...

I have a soft spot for dovecotes. But you don’t see a lot of them these days, especially up north. But there’s an ever-so-nice one sitting a...

Another classic quote, this time from Cobbett’s Political Register of 1832:- When at Newcastle I learned that Scotch vagrants were regularl...

[from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen , 1835] Sir John Cochrane, being engaged in Argyle’s rebellion against James II [1685], ...

In 1966, a curious film entitled Cul-de-Sac passed through our cinemas. Best described as a black comedy-cum-psychological thriller, it was...

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

A little off the main drag linking Holy Island to the mainland are a pair of curious erections known as Snook House and Snook Tower. Locate...

The vast expanse of sand and mudflats which can be seen at Goswick Sands north-west of Holy Island contain a dark and dangerous secret. Wel...

Many who visit the caravan park at Haggerston are somewhat disappointed at the paltry remains of the old castle. A tower and rotunda are al...

Ancroft, a rather desolate-looking affair, sits on high ground above the Dean Burn, 5 miles due south of Berwick. There is not much to see t...

Shoresdean, an unremarkable housing estate some 5miles SW of Berwick, bears a history of little antiquity. A somewhat isolated spot for a ...

It may be Berwick’s poor relation when it comes to recent historical attention, but it’s just possible that Tweedmouth, on the southern bank...

It’s a beauty, isn’t it? And a big ’un, to boot. It’s Berwick-upon-Tweed’s magnificent Royal Border Bridge, of course – the undoubted star o...

Most of us have heard the story of how little Berwick-upon-Tweed remained at war with mighty Russia way after the Crimean War peace treaty w...

In the narrow gap between Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Scottish border lies the site of the Battle of Halidon Hill . Fought between the armies...