The first maps of Durham show a surprising direction for Durham City’s first Great North Road. Published in 1598 and 1610, they suggest that South Street was a major route and the strip map in ‘Britannia Depicta’ of 1720 confirms its place on the north-south link. This western route was more direct, allowing mail coaches [...]
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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
The Old Cupboard Postbox – Quarry Heads Lane, Durham
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2022
Filed under Holidays, Taormina 2019
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
I don’t climb mountains. Mountains climb me. The mountain is myself. I climb on myself.
Nanao Sasaki
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2022
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
A Short Walk…
…from the Durham Marriot Hotel
I would have loved to walk further down this side of the river with its hidden heritage. Time was not in my favour, I had to turn back when I reached the Durham bandstand with its unique weathervane.
Mr C was patiently waiting for me, we had a date with Hartlepool…
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 30th 2022
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2022
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Seaham Memorials
The war memorial at Seaham is located on Terrace Green, by the sea front. The memorial is a Celtic cross designed by Mr TA Lawson and unveiled 1922 in dedication to the local men who lost their lives in the First World War. It was later further dedicated to those lost in the Second World War. The monument [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 27th 2022
St Peter’s Chapel, attached to Auckland Castle is rich with history and well worth a visit. On my visit a guide told us about the extensive history of the chapel but sadly a guidebook was not available and searching the internet does not easily reveal its treasures.
The original chapel was destroyed after the Civil War. [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2022
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Auckland Castle – State Rooms
The Castle is one of the best preserved Bishops’ palaces in Europe, sitting right at the heart of The Auckland Project. Auckland Castle has reopened its doors in 2019 after major conservation work with State Rooms restored to their original Georgian Gothic splendour, designed by architect James Wyatt.
The Bishop Trevor Gallery, named after Richard Trevor, [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 22nd 2022
