Preston Tower is a 14th-century Pele Tower and was built in 1392, when warfare between England and Scotland was endemic.
At the time of Agincourt in 1415, it was one of 78 Pele Towers in the county. Its owners included Sir Guiscard Harbottle, who was slain fighting against James IV at the battle of Flodden in [...]
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Preston Tower
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Tom Wilson
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2010
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Flodden: A Scottish Tragedy by Peter Reese
Synopsys (from book cover):
In the breadth of bitter-sweet Scottish history there is not more poignant, nor more important, battle than Flodden. Before Flodden a proud country under its dynamic Stewart king James IV was emerging as a distinct and flourishing nation within Europe. With defeat the inevitability of Scotland’s reformation and union with England is [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 16th 2010
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Chillingham Castle
One of my ‘must places to visit’ when I was on my hols in Northumberland was Chillingham Castle because it sounded so interesting. It had the reputation of one of the most haunted castles which I was skeptical about, thinking it a marketing ploy. I will now give you the information I wrote in [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2009
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PhotoHunt – Fast
The car was traveling fast, not the cows
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
26 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2009
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Lady Waterford Hall
I think that is enough doom and gloom for now so I will share some appropriate holiday photos (for this season) with you.
One of the places I visited during my stay on the borders was the Lady Waterford Hall which was formally a school. The building contains Biblical scenes that were painted onto the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2009
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Speaking of Trees…
…reminded me of a special moment when I was on my holiday in Northumberland earlier this year.
I was privileged to see a red squirrel as I was travelling through the countryside near Chillingham. Initially he was sitting on the pillar at the end of a bridge I was about to cross but he leaped into [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Dec 8th 2009
