Articles related to "Northumbrian"

With its water sculptures, fountains and huge treehouse, there is beauty, fun and wonder for everyone. Not to mention a visit to a locked garden full of poisonous plants.

History, art, architecture, woodlands, a walled garden (and a few oddities) are all gathered together on the National Trust's largest complete agricultural estate.

Hidden away in small local pubs, rather than in the large Irish chains, you will find local jam sessions of musicians of many talents. Come listen and join in if you can!

A modern restaurant specializing in the best of British food has been recognised for the quality of the dishes it offers at a local awards ceremony.

With Bamburgh Castle's historic and turbulent past, paranormal activity has been witnessed by ghost hunters and psychic visitors.

Every July the Scottish village of Newcastleton plays host to a weekend of music and song set among the border hills for one of Scotland's longest running folk events

For over a century, Danish law dominated a significant portion of Anglo Saxon England. How did a Scandinavian influence get hold of England and what did the English do?

The English Scottish Borderline took centuries of war and hostility before its lines were established. People of the Border lands would suffer great hardship as a result.

Edward the Elder was an Anglo-Saxon king who inherited the throne from his father, Alfred the Great.

Learning how Old English became Middle English sets the foundation for understanding many of the words and phrases in the English language used today.

In 793AD, the Island of Lindisfarne, in Northumberland, northern England, was violently raided by Vikings who arrived in a surprise attack from the North Sea.

King Macbeth ruled Scotland benevolently for seventeen years. So how did history's Macbeth become Shakespeare's personification of violent ambition?

Tostig Godwinson was the brother of the English King, and he did everything he could to depose him.

When it Happened in Scotland: A Very Quick History is a chronological guide to the most exciting events in Scotland's history, from AD80 to the present day.

Bede wrote more than 60 books but despite his immense scholarship, he rarely left the monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow, where he was brought up and spent most of his life.

Only one of Caedmon's poems survives, but it is still in publication some 1300 years after his death.

Hadrian's Wall is one of the great wonders of the ancient world and to walk along the Wall is to retrace history itself and to walk in the steps of Emperor Hadrian.

Hilda of Whitby, a member of the Northumbrian royal family ruled a monastery of monks and nuns, holding power in a time when few women carried out important roles.

September the 12th is a day dedicated to St. Eanswythe, a little known Saint but an important one in early UK Christianity.

High in the Hills on the Scottish/English Borderline a ruined stone tower holds the key to many legends from this part of Southern Scotland

In 2006 the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) voted the north east county of Northumberland to be the most tranquil region in England

Located in the county of Northumberland, Berwick-upon Tweed is the most northern town in England, only 2.5 miles south of the Scottish border. Walking the wall is a must.

Throughout the nineteenth century, North-east England was the power house of the Industrial Revolution. "Carrying coals to Newcastle" was the ultimate futility.

The lives of Thomas Bewick, one of England's finest wood engravers and George Stephenson, father of the Railway, overlapped during the late 18th to early 19th centuries.

Twice each day, the North Sea retreats sufficiently to permit motorists to cross the causeway and walkers to follow the Pilgrims' Way over the sands to Holy Island.

Enjoy the diverse landscapes of England by taking a stroll in the country - or climb a mountain in a single day.

In a remarkable state of preservation, Warkworth's mediaeval castle commands a high point at the neck of a loop in the River Coquet, a mile from the North Sea coast.

Also known as Edmund I, Edmund the Magnificent ruled England from 939 until his death in 946.