Category Archives: Northumberland and Durham

Posts predominantly related to Northumberland and County Durham

The Buttermarket of Barnard Castle

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Along with Middleton-In-Teesdale, Barnard Castle is one of the two principal towns in beautiful Teesdale. Whilst being a local shopping centre; it also is home to one of the most fantastic ruined castle Barnard Castle and the even more magnificent Bowes … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Northumberland and Durham, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Barnard Castle, Butter Market, Charles Dickens, County Durham, John Wesley, Markets | 1 Comment

A close look at a grave of a Pirate or is it?

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Huddled on the the battered coast of Northumberland you’ll come across many an ancient ruin, castle or church. There is more than enough to spend an hour or so at St Aidan, so named after the saint who died on … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham, Religion and Faith, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bamburgh, Cemetery, church, Grace Darling, Northumberland, Pirate Grave, Pirates, St Aidans Church | Leave a comment

Paying homage at the tomb of the Venerable Bede

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

If like myself you have anything like a passing history in old Anglo-Saxon history or even history itself, the works of Bede are something to behold. I always find it a bit boring I suppose that so many people think … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Northumberland and Durham, Uncategorized | Tagged Cathedrals, Durham, Historia Ecclesiastica, history, Jarrow Monastery, Venerable Bede | 4 Comments

Murky Moor photos

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve been away for a few weeks giving a long tour of parts of north east and north west England and having returned I have found my wordpress to stubbornly refuse to fully function on my iPad or even let … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Northumberland and Durham, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Moors, photos, sheep, Teesdale, Travel, Travel photography, Vera | Leave a comment

The Hartley Colliery Disaster of 1862

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

My blog is full of disasters from beer floods in London to Grace Darling – A Victorian Heroine. burning building self-sacrifices to heroic against the odd tales of survival I Am The Army – The Incredible Story of William Brydon Many of them … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Northumberland and Durham | Tagged Coal Mine, Death, Hartley Colliery Disaster, Hester Pit disaster, Northumberland, Victorian, Video | 4 Comments

Taking a ride on the Shields Ferry

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Last summer when I was walking Hadrian’s Wall on my fundraising trip, I took a brief diversion on the way to see Bede’s chapel at Jarrow and the ancestral home of of George Washington in the aptly named Washington Hall. … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, Life, Northumberland and Durham, Travel | Tagged Newcastle, North Shields, Shields Ferry, South Shields, Stan Laurel, Tyne, Tyne & Wear Metro | 3 Comments

ST PAUL’S MONASTERY IN JARROW AND THE OLDEST STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WORLD

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Recently when I was in the area for my Hadrians Wall walk, I took a detour to a place I had long wanted to visited. Not too many miles from the ancestral home of George Washington which I visited on … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham, Travel | Tagged #WPLongform, church, Faith, Long reads, Monastery, northumbria, St Paul's Monastery, Stained Glass Window, Venerable Bede | 12 Comments

Washington Old Hall – The Ancestral Home of George Washington

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

A few weeks ago when I was walking along Hadrians Wall, I took the opportunity to make a few deviations along the way. One such side-trip was to the ancestral home of George Washington in the aptly named old village … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Northumberland and Durham, Travel | Tagged Gardens, George Washington, national trust, USA, Washington, Washington Old Hall | 7 Comments

Vindolanda Writing Tablets

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

When I was recently walking Hadrians Wall, there were countless Roman sites to visit either on or just off the wall. Having visited many all ready, the one I most wanted to visit was Vindolanda. You can see my blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Northumberland and Durham, Travel, writing | Tagged Hadrians Wall, Roman, Roman Wall, Vindolanda, Vindolanda Tablets | 10 Comments

Holding a nearly 2,000 year old Roman shoe at Vindolanda

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve been so busy with my tours that I haven’t had a day off since April 16th and so my blog posts are currently a bit shorter than usual. Even last week when I would be walking for up to … Continue reading →