North-East History Tour

© Copyright  Andrew Curtis  and licensed for  reuse  under this  Creative Commons Licence . If you’re looking for examples of the ...

Winter’s Gibbet, or Stob, at Steng Cross, near Elsdon, is one of the region’s most infamous landmarks. It stands, somewhat eerily, in ...

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of innocent, decent folk wander across the Simonside Hills every year. The upland trails to the south of Rot...

© Copyright  Richard Webb  and licensed for  reuse   under this  Creative Commons Licence . In the early months of World War II th...

© Copyright  J C Ousby  and licensed for  reuse   under this  Creative Commons Licence . Sharp’s Folly, or Tower, is reckoned to b...

Just occasionally, an individual who takes the time and trouble to record the life, times and history of their own little patch manages to...

Cragside, an extraordinary country house on the outskirts of Rothbury, is arguably the North-East’s greatest ever creation, with a hist...

Of the stories concerning the many ‘lost villages’ that lie scattered across the North-East the saddest of them all is surely that of the ...

© Copyright   Andrew Curtis   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . Scarcely can an ancient site have...

© Copyright   Les Hull   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . The odd little edifice that is Biddles...

You never know what you’re going to find when you poke around an old graveyard. And if you look closely enough you’re sure to find an oddi...

The Ballad of Chevy Chase is arguably the most famous poem to come out of Northumberland. It seems by its very nature to be based on an a...

Roddam Hall is a modest country mansion a little to the north of the village of the same name in the eastern foothills of the Cheviots...

There is a story – a legend, almost – concerning the little village of Ilderton in the shadow of the Cheviots and an illegitimate line of ...

The author conquers The Cheviot in 2007 The summit of the region’s highest mountain, The Cheviot, is an uninspiring affair. Its whal...

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© Copyright  Andrew Curtis  and licensed for  reuse  under this  Creative Commons Licence . When our esteemed local hero, Cuthbert...

© Copyright   Ken Bagnall   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . In the shadow of the mighty Yeaveri...

Of all the magical, mystical locations in the entire North-East of England, many would argue that the twin-peaked hill of Yeavering Bell o...

Most history fans will know all about the Battle of Flodden of 1513. Big English victory, crushing Scottish defeat … and the Scots lost...