We arrived at breakfast to find that we were seated next to the couple who dined next to us in Lilburns the previous evening. A coincidence that led us into easy conversation with each other. After breakfast we headed to Alnmouth where we hoped to stop so that we could wander round the small town. [...]
Archive for the tag 'Bamburgh'
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Grace Darling
Within St Aidan’s churchyard stands an effigy to Grace Darling:
Grace Horsley Darling was born on 24th November 1815 in her grandfather’s cottage here in Bamburgh. She was the seventh child of nine. At only three weeks old she was taken to live on Brownsman Island, in the Farne islands, where her father, William was lighthouse [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 28th 2014
St Aidan’s memorial:
According to the Venerable Bede, St Aidan Bishop of Lindesfarne died near this place in AD. 651.
This memorial was dedicated in 2013 by John Sentamu Archbishop of York.
One of the churches stained glassed windows.
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 27th 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
St Aidan’s Church
A place of worship was founded on the site of the present church in 635 by Saint Aidan. St Aidan was called to Bamburgh from Iona by King Oswald to establish Christianity in his newly united kingdom of Northumbria.
No trace of that wooden building can now be seen – other than perhaps a beam in [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 27th 2014
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
My Header Images
I have been asked on a couple of occasions what the image is that shows in my blog header. The image is randomly selected so I am never sure which one people have seen. At the moment there are nine images from my holiday in Northumberland, starting from the top left this is [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2009
