Links to Northumberland Traveller’s Companion resources
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Travel
Official tourist information for Northumberland (visitnortheastengland.com)
Northumberland County Council - Map library
https://englandsnortheast.co.uk/north-east-timeline/
https://www.northumberlandcoastaonb.org/getting-around/
https://www.stcuthbertsway.info/long-distance-route/
https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/hadrians-wall-path/
https://www.northumberlandcoastpath.org/
Hadrian’s Wall
https://followinghadrian.com/2014/01/21/walking-hadrians-wall/
Home - Hadrian's Wall 1900 (hadrianswallcountry.co.uk)
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/blog-posts/meet-man-saved-hadrians-wall/
A walk along the wall by Hunter Davies
Hadrian’s Wall Documentary – Hadrian’s wall is probably not what you think it is by julesdingle
Kielder Reservoir
DarkSkiesAtKeilderWaterandForestPark by Caen Scrimgeour
GCSE Bitesize Geography Case study – Kielder reservoir water transfer scheme
Busy 40th year for Kielder Salmon Centre - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Environmental History Podcast 49 Kielder the story of a manmade landscape
Alnmouth flood
https://englandsnortheast.co.uk/alnmouth-dunstanburgh/
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/features/ecml/index.shtml
The Old School Gallery
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-alnmouth-northumberland-best-place-to-live-uk-cl0hg2tvw
SSF – Friary Alnmouth, Northumberland UK 2019
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Woodhorn Mining Museum
The NorthumberlandCoalfield, Coalmining History Research Centre, https://www.cmhrc.co.uk/
https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/coal-mining-in-the-british-isles/durham-coal/ashington-area/
Memories of the Northumberland Coalfields by Neil Taylor
The Pitman Painters – Ashington Group at Woodhorn Mining Museum
Banding: Love, Spit and Valve Oil BBC
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/decision-expected-on-huge-northumberland-coal-mine-02-04-2020/
Harry Hotspur
The Greatest Knights : Henry Hotspur Percy by Channel Legendarium
http://www.percyfamilyhistory.com/?page_id=167 an exciting perhaps partisan account
The Hollow Crown Henry IV part 1
Warkworth Castle
https://www.warkworthvillagenorthumberland.co.uk/
http://www.warkworthhistory.co.uk/
Warkworth Castle by William Turner
history of the borough of warkworth on fusilier.co.uk
Warkworth Castle Ghost Story - The tragic tale of Sir Bertram
Gone Medieval - Vikings in Northern Britain
Lindisfarne
https://holyislandcrossingtimes.northumberland.gov.uk/Default.aspx?dt=1022
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/lindisfarne-gospels
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lindisfarne-priory/History/significance/
The Monk, The Midden and the Missing Monastery - YouTube
Lindisfarne Holy Island Cradle of Christianity by Nigel Harper
Lindisfarne Festival 2019 Aftermovie
Fog on the Tyne – Lindisfarne Story
Holy Island Causeway Driving Disasters
Chillingham Cattle
https://chillinghamwildcattle.com/history/speculation/
https://chillinghamwildcattle.com/science/
Emergency Care
NHS Department & Services Alnwick Infirmary
Northumberland CCG Annual Report 2020-21
The Great North Air Ambulance Service celebrates milestone achievement - new base and new helicopter
Northumberland Performing Arts
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/review-this-knights-tale-packs-a-punch-398981
​https://www.novemberclub.org.uk/Event/repeat-signal-on-demand
Lost Found and Told: New Audio Tales for Northumberland | November Club
Amble Fishing Port
https://www.amble.co.uk/ashore/amble/
AmbleDevelopmenTrust WhatsDesignGotToDoWithThePriceOfFish
The Ambler Community Newspaper
NorthumberlandSeaFood North East Fish Shellfish Species
The Board Waalk of Amble BBC Open Country
Amble and District Local History on fusilier.co.uk
Craster Kipper
CLHG History Walks Robson's Smokehouse (crasterhistory.org.uk)
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WhinSill
https://www.northumberlandcoastaonb.org/geodiversity/
Exploring the landscape and its geodiversity Bamburgh Rock Walk.pdf
Early Permian Magnetism Earthwise BGS
BBC Open Country Reflections and Connections - Katrina Porteus on Fossils
Grace Darling
https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/museums/grace-darling-museum
Grace Darling Song by Watch the Wall
The Story of Grace Darling and the SS Forfarshire by Step through History
Earl Grey
https://howickhallgardens.com/history-of-howick-hall-and-gardens/earl-grey-and-the-earl-grey-family/
BBC The Prime Ministers Ep2 Earl Grey by Nick Robinson
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/apr/02/earl-grey-parliament-reform-democracy
The forgotten liberal hero: Earl Grey by Mark Pack
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Cragside
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cragside
https://williamarmstrong.info/about-the-man/
Cragside:Documentary on the great Northumberland house with Colin Cunningham (1987)
The Essay: North East Free Thinkers William Armstrong
William Armstrong, Magician of the North, by Henrietta Heald
Bamburgh Castle
BBC iPlayer - Villages by the Sea - Series 2: 1. Bamburgh
https://www.bamburghcastle.com/
Quick Facts History of Bamburgh Council by GestGuys
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
HistoryHit - Vikings to Victorians a brief history of Bamburgh from 793 present day
Bebba: the queen who gave her name to the fort of Bebbanburg by Florence of Northumbria
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Cuthbert
Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne - his life
BBC In our time s23/17 St Cuthbert (Jan 28 2021)
http://spiritinstone.co.uk/explore/search-by-map
St Cuthbert & the Lindisfarne Gospels: In Focus by Archaeosoup
Lindisfarne Gospels | What's On | Laing Art Gallery
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Library
Wife in the North by Judith O Reilly
The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
The Queen of the North Anne O Brien
The Midwife by Tricia Creswell
The Magician of the North by Henrietta Heald
Vera by Ann Cleeves
The Northumberland Coast Captured
A walk along the wall by Hunter Davies
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwall