North-East History Tour

© Copyright   Walter Baxter   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . Lying a few yards to the east of ...

© Copyright   wfmillar   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . Black Middens Bastle is one of the ver...

© Copyright   wfmillar   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . Bellingham, now a parish in its own ri...

On Tyneside, certainly, and quite possibly further afield, could once be heard the phrase ‘The Wilds of Wannie’ when referring to some re...

Houxty is a large-ish residence which sits on the west bank of the River North Tyne about a mile upstream from Wark. Its supreme claim...

© Copyright   Peter Brooks   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . Visitors to the little village of ...

Near the bank of the River North Tyne a little to the north of Humshaugh stands Haughton Castle and its associated buildings. On the rive...

Chesters Roman Fort, Bath House and Museum is one of those must-see sites of antiquity on Hadrian’s Wall. It has much of interest to of...

Site of the Battle of Heavenfield, with  St.Oswald’s Church in the distance. The ‘Golden Age’ of Northumbria – the period of Dark ...

© Copyright   Phil Thirkell   and licensed for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . A few miles NW of Hexham, on the ...

Known variously as ‘Stagey Bank’, ‘Stagsy Bank’ or just plain old Stagshaw Bank Fair, the regular social gatherings at this now lonely sp...

St.John Lee is a parish church without an attached village, though the somewhat lonely house of worship serves a big enough geographical a...

One of the best Roman finds ever made in Britain, the Corbridge Lanx, was discovered on the banks of the Tyne by a nine-year-old girl n...

Edward ‘Ned’ Coulson was born at Broadstone Cottages, near The Anchor Hotel , Haydon Bridge, in 1754. Ned was an eccentric character – an...

To the immediate SW of the Hexham roundabout of the A69, on the north bank of the River Tyne, stands a small mansion by the name of The...

When it comes to early Christianity in the North-East – and Hexham in particular – most casual history enthusiasts look no further than t...

© Copyright   Mike Quinn   and licensed  for   reuse   under this   Creative Commons Licence . When we think in terms of historica...

Image from Archaeologia Aeliana 5 th Series, Vol. 1, 1973 In the garden of 3 Rede Avenue, Hexham, in 1971, two small stone heads w...

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 ...