The photo above shows the coble in which Grace and her father launched in atrocious weather to rescue survivors from the steamship Forfarshire which had struck the Big Harcar rock on the Farnes. The photo below shows St Aidan’s church as viewed from the Grace Darling museum with rather calmer seas in the background.
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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Grace Darling Museum
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2017
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 Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Newcastle & Crookham – Day Nine
In the morning we visited Alnwick Castle which was labelled a ‘must do’ on Mr C’s list. We both enjoyed revisiting the castle and were rather relieved that we were English Heritage members, which allowed us discounted entry to the castle which normally costs £14.50. After I bought up yet another book from the gift [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2013
