Topic: Northumberland history/heritage

[Infinitely Content]

Anybody here have knowledge of what specific towns/villages in Northumberland are best known and famous for; even if only known locally?

Anything such as religion, mining, farming, industry, way of life etc...

Currently in the process of putting together designs for a client who wants the most culturally/historically rich areas of Northumberland described visually through collages. Areas such as: Morpeth, Berwick, Alnwick, Amble etc or anywhere with rich cultural or historical significance.

Cheers in advance.

[TBG]

Amble - The Waterloo lock in
Morpeth - Skittles in Suburban.

[Infinitely Content]

Cheers for the reply, but I can't find any info on the things mentioned. Could you elaborate at all?

[TheGuv]

Backworth, Ashington, Bridlington - mining
North Shields - fishing
Holy Island/Lindisfarne - Religion



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[Infinitely Content]

Backworth, Ashington, Bridlington - mining
North Shields - fishing
Holy Island/Lindisfarne - Religion



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Excellent stuff. Good info regarding Backworth & Bridlington - knew about Ashington's mining history but the other two places as well as perhaps Ellington will bolster that piece well.

Cheers

[TheGuv]

Backworth, Ashington, Bridlington - mining
North Shields - fishing
Holy Island/Lindisfarne - Religion



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Excellent stuff. Good info regarding Backworth & Bridlington - knew about Ashington's mining history but the other two places as well as perhaps Ellington will bolster that piece well.

Cheers

Sorry that was a typo. Should be Bedlington not Brid


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[Infinitely Content]

A valuable correction, I would have went ahead and stuck "Bridlington" on the design. 

[Disco]

Wylam - George Stephenson / Trains
Hexham - Religion
Corbridge - Romans

If in doubt just hoy a few castles on. Prudhoe, Belsay, Langley, Warkworth are all fairly well known etc.

[Infinitely Content]

Wylam - George Stephenson / Trains
Hexham - Religion
Corbridge - Romans

If in doubt just hoy a few castles on. Prudhoe, Belsay, Langley, Warkworth are all fairly well known etc.

Brilliant, cheers

Some really nice imagery thinking of steam locomotives, tracks, stations & steam clouds. Will certainly be experimenting with that.

And aye, it was castles galore at first, have to create 12 designs so they'll make good filler when I run out of subjects 

[Tooj]

Some great history around Bamburgh (Bebbanburg) and King Oswald claiming to be Bretwalda etc.

[Infinitely Content]

Interesting. Those old names (Saxon era?) could be a nice addition paired with the modern names. History & place together.

Know any more? I understand I could look this up, but sources online aren't always the most valid so I prefer getting them from someone with knowledge of these things.

[Tooj]

Well Northumberia was split into two parts, Bernicia and Deira for a starting point.

[Optimistic Nut]

Wallsend & Jarrow - shipbuilding.

[Infinitely Content]

Just after stuff to do with the county of Northumberland, but cheers for the response mate

[TheGuv]

Wallsend was Northumberland until 1974. Stupid county of Tyne and Wear *sigh*

There was a great tv show by Ant and Dec called 'History of Tyneside'

Loads and loads to do with Northumberland.

I remember some great stuff on Cragside being in that programme


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[Tooj]

Probably a good idea to try and catch up on any of Robson Green's Tales From Northumberland.

[Tooj]

Definitely read up on Harry Hotspur.

[Kid Icarus]

Byker - Byker Wall isn't really that big a deal here, but in terms of town planning (a famous example of tenants being included in the design process) and architecture (Ralph Erskine) it's famous world wide.

I had no idea that Backworth had mining, like. I always thought it was just farming in the same way that Killingworth was.

[Disco]

If you're including Berwick - it being (or not) at war with Russia is a decent spin.

Blyth - shipping (building, navy and port) and smack

Craster - fishing (kippers)

Rothbury - Raoul Moat

[Infinitely Content]

Cheers lads, all good stuff...well, nearly all 

[Greg]

Howick - Charles Grey (Prime Minister, earl grey tea etc.).

[newsted]

Howick - Charles Grey (Prime Minister, Earl Grey tea etc.).

fyp. Grey's Monument in the toon is a pretty focal point tbf, Metro station and all that. Didn't know he was Lord Howick. We deal with the current one, I'll be fooked.

[Greg]

Early grey

[OpenC]

Already posted but Holy Island / Farne Islands / Seahouses etc etc has got a lot going for it in terms of early church, Grace Darling, probably loads more

[Kid Icarus]

Already posted but Holy Island / Farne Islands / Seahouses etc etc has got a lot going for it in terms of early church, Grace Darling, probably loads more

Viking landing point iirc