Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Rothbury as viewed from Cragside formal garden.
Rothbury is a small market town which straddles the River Coquet. The town has a pleasing mix of old stone and newer brick-built properties. Although technically a town with a proposal a year or so back to install a town mayor (defeated) everyone still tends to call it [...]
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The clock tower is situated just above the Cragside formal garden. When I visit Cragside, I always visit the formal garden first. It allows me to enjoy it in relative quiet before most of the visitors arrive.
The clock tower originates from the 1860s and was the estate time piece and the pay office. [...]
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My previous post on the house at Cragside can be viewed here.
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… St Cuthbert’s Church
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NORHAM is the place where St Aidan crossed the Tweed on his way from Iona to establish his monastery at Lindisfarne or Holy Island in A.D. 635.
It is said that when a stone church was built at Lindisfarne the wooden structure was transferred to Norham. the preaching cross on the village green may be on [...]
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