Places to see in ( Corbridge - UK )
Places to see in ( Corbridge - UK )
Corbridge is a village in Northumberland, England, 16 miles west of Newcastle and 4 miles east of Hexham. Villages nearby include Halton, Acomb, Aydon and Sandhoe. Known to the Romans as something like Corstopitum or Coriosopitum, wooden writing tablets found at Vindolanda suggest it was probably locally called Coria (meaning a tribal centre). According to Bethany Fox, the early attestations of the English name Corbridge 'show variation between Cor- and Col-, as in the earliest two forms, Corebricg and Colebruge, and there has been extensive debate about what its etymology may be. Some relationship with the Roman name Corstopitum seems clear, however'.
Coria was the most northerly town in the Roman Empire, lying at the junction of Stanegate and Dere Street. The first fort was established c. AD 85, although there was a slightly earlier base nearby at Beaufront Red House. By the middle of the 2nd century AD, the fort was replaced by a town with two walled military compounds, which were garrisoned until the end of the Roman occupation of the site. The best-known finds from the site include the stone Corbridge Lion and the Corbridge Hoard of armour and sundry other items. In Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill, the town of Hunno on the Wall, is probably based on Corstopitum. The Roman Town is now managed by English Heritage on behalf of HM Government. The site has been largely excavated and features a large museum and shop. The fort is the top-rated attraction in Corbridge and is open daily between 10 and 6 in the summer and at weekends between 10 and 4 in the winter.
There are only three fortified vicarages in the county, and one of these is in Corbridge. Built in the 14th century, the Vicar's Pele is to be found in the south-east corner of the churchyard, and has walls 1.3 metres (4 ft) in thickness. The register for St. Andrews dates from 1657. Later on in the town's history, Wesleyan, Primitive and Free Methodist chapels were all built too. Even older than the Vicar's Pele is Corbridge Low Hall, dating from the late 13th or early 14th century with one end converted to a pele tower in the 15th century. The main block was remodelled in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the building restored c1890.
Corbridge suffered, as did many other settlements in the county, from the border warfare which was particularly prevalent between 1300 and 1700. Raids were commonplace, and it was not unusual for the livestock to be brought into the town at night and a watch placed to guard either end of the street for marauders. A bridge over the Tyne was built in the 13th century, but this original has not survived. The present bridge, an impressive stone structure with seven arches, was erected in 1674.
Corbridge is bypassed to the north by the A69 road, linking it to Newcastle and Carlisle. It is also linked to Newcastle and the A1 by the A695 which passes about 1 mile (1.6 km) away on the south side of the River Tyne. The town is served by Corbridge railway station on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, also known as the Tyne Valley Line. The line was opened in 1838, and links the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear with Carlisle in Cumbria. The line follows the course of the River Tyne through Northumberland.
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Places to see in ( Bellingham - UK )
Places to see in ( Bellingham - UK )
Bellingham is a village in Northumberland, to the north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne and is situated on the Hareshaw Burn at its confluence with the River North Tyne. Famous as a stopping point on the Pennine Way trail it is popular with walkers and cyclists. Nearby is the Hareshaw Linn, a waterfall and the site of early coke blast furnaces. The village's local newspaper is the Hexham Courant. There is also an 18-hole golf course which was established in 1893.
The Heritage Centre is the local museum. It has exhibitions on the Border Counties Railway, the Border reivers, mining, farming, the photography of W P Collier, and the Stannersburn Smithy. It has a database of local family names and one of old photographs. It also holds special exhibitions of historical or artistic interest, and readings and performances by poets, storytellers, musicians and dancers.
The Grade-I listed St Cuthbert's Church (13th-century, substantially reconstructed in the early 17th century) is described as 'almost unique in England' owing to its stone barrel vault, which runs the length of the Nave and extends into the South Transept. Three miracles connected with the mediaeval cult of St Cuthbert, are recorded in the twelfth century Libellus of Reginald of Durham.
Within the churchyard is The Long Pack, purportedly the grave of a burglar who attempted to infiltrate a local house by hiding in a beggar's pack, but was discovered after he suffered an ill-timed coughing fit, and was promptly run through with the sword of the house's proprietor. Adjacent to the church is St Cuthbert's Well, known locally as Cuddy's Well, an ancient holy well.
From 1735 the parish rectors at Bellingham were under the patronage of the Governors of Greenwich Hospital. The Governors stipulated that the rectors were to be graduates of Oxford or Cambridge and naval chaplains. Bellingham Rectory was one of six such rectories in the Simonburn area.
Bellingham Bridge is a Grade II listed building built in 1834. It crosses the North Tyne. Two miles north-east at Hole Farm is the sixteenth century Grade II* listed building, Hole Bastle, a well-preserved example of a bastle house. Shitlington Crags is a crag near Shitlington Hall, south of Bellingham. The crag is at an average altitude of 170 metres. The Pennine Way passes by the crag.
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Roman Army Museum – Empire Map | Vindolanda Museum
Infographic illustrating the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and the land they controlled.
Originally created as part of an installation for the Vindolanda Museum at Hadrian's Wall on the English / Scottish border. Exhibition design by Studio MB, all design and animation by ISO.
Hadrian's wall at Steel Rigg
This is one of the nicest parts of the wall to walk, with good panoramic views
Norham Castle - History, Ghosts, Mediums, Spiritbox and Echovox
Norham Castle in Northumberland on the border with Scotland has had a turbulent history, rightfully claimed in the medieval period to be the most dangerous place in England
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The Roman Wall at Segedunum (Wallsend), UK
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Segedunum marks the western extremity of Hadrian's Wall. The first idea was that the Roman Wall would end at Pons Aelius (Newcastle upon Tyne). Work began at Pons Aelius in 122CE and proceeded towards the west. Subsequently, it was decided that the Wall should be extended further east, possibly to protect the river crossing at Pons Aelius. In about 127CE, work was begun on a further four-mile section of the Wall east from the fort of Pons Aelius. The new section of wall was narrower than the sections previously built, being 2.29 m on a foundation of 2.4 m. Unlike the existing wall, the extension had no vallum.
The fort measured 138 m from north to south and 120 m from east to west, covering and area of 1.7 hectares. A wide ditch and an earth embankment surrounded the fort on all sides. It had four double gates with the east, west and north gates opening outside the wall and only the south gate opening within the Wall. The Wall joined to the west wall of the fort just south of the west gate. From the southeast angle of the fort, a 1.98 m wide wall ran down to the riverbank and extended at least as far as the low water level.
There is evidence that there was an extensive village surrounding the fort, including the area to the north of the wall.
The original garrison of Segedunum is unknown, but in the second century the Second Cohort of Nervians was stationed there. In the third and fourth centuries the part-mounted Fourth Cohort of the Lingones occupied the fort, as recorded in the Notitia Dignitatum. Both units were 600 strong. 120 cavalry and 480 infantry
Sometime round about 400CE the fort was abandoned. For centuries the area remained as open farmland, but in the eighteenth century, collieries were sunk near the fort and the area gradually became a populous pit village. Eventually, in 1884, the whole fort disappeared under terraced housing.
In 1929 some excavations were carried out which recorded the outline of the fort. The local authority marked out this outline in white paving stones. In the 1970s the terraced houses covering the site were demolished.
A section of Hadrian's Wall was excavated and a reconstruction built in the early 1990s. The Segedunum project began in January 1997 with a series of excavations in and around the Fort, as well as the construction of the Bath House and the conversion of former Swan Hunter shipyard buildings to house the new museum. Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum opened to the public in June 2000.
HADRIAN'S WALL
Hadrian's Wall was 117.5 km long, it varied in height depending on what construction materials were available nearby. In this area the wall was around 2.4m high and we can still see where the ditches were located.
Roman Emperor Hadrian came to Britain in 122CE and the wall was no doubt planned before then, maybe even started before then. The wall was a clear indication of Roman power but also an indication that enough was enough and that the Empire was not going to continue growing. Hadrian's father Trajan had extended the Empire with the acquisition of Dacia in modern Romania and Mesopotamia in modern Iraq but Hadrian retreated from these areas. Hadrian followed the principle of Augustus a century earlier that consolidation, not enlargement was the name of the game.
Would it not have been easier for Hadrian simply to have conquered the remainer of Britain rather than build a wall? After all, he knew it was an island. This is a good question, the north had a low population and indeed the Empire did make north briefly later. I am unable to give an answer.
The Wall served more of a statement than a military value. It showed outsiders how strong Rome was and was useful in collecting taxation revenues. Certainly in other parts of the Empire, the 'barbarians' outside were beginning to live like Romans at this time and organise towns, roads etc.
The wall took only six years to finish although no doubt extra work was continually being done. At each of the 80 Roman miles there was a milecastle holding a handful of troops who could be called out if necessary. These milecastles were located within signalling or physical view of each other and so they are not equidistant.
The garrison was made up of auxiliaries, sometimes from far away places. The fortress of Arbeia (not strictly speaking a border fortress) at South Shields was garrisoned by people from Iraq!
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A defensive wall is a fortification used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements.Generally, these are referred to as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China, Walls of Benin, Hadrian's Wall, and the metaphorical Atlantic Wall, which extended far beyond the borders of a city and were used to enclose regions or mark territorial boundaries.Beyond their defensive utility, many walls also had important symbolic functions – representing the status and independence of the communities they embraced.
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Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's wall in United Kingdom, between Scotland and England.
This 120 kilometer wall stretches across Northern Britain. When the Roman Empire expanded its territory to Britannia in the middle of the 1st century, they were under constant attack by local tribes. Emperor Hadrian ordered the construction of a defensive wall to keep intruders out. The wall was to stretch from the West coast in the Irish Sea to the East coast in the North Sea. The wall was 6.5 meters high and 3 meters thick. There was a ditch on the northern side to repel enemies. There were military check points every 1.5 kilometers along the wall. Nearly 10,000 soldiers were stationed here in what was the northernmost part of the Roman Empire. These are the remains of Vindolanda fort where 500 soldiers were once stationed. 70 years of excavation have revealed clues about living conditions for Roman soldiers at the time. The Army was extremely well equipped.
Among some of the 20,000 articles unearthed, some reveal an unknown side of the soldier's life apart from fighting. Archaeologist Robin Birley points out that there are some signs of relaxed military discipline. Over 1,000 child shoes and female sandals were excavated, along with some articles believed to be children's toys. Military regulation prohibited soldiers from marriage; however many of them had families.
Some military secrets were written in Latin on these wooden plates. Some of the pieces contain words which one would not expect to be written, such as Army Deserter and Expulsion. Why did well-disciplined Roman soldiers try to run away? Robin Birley believes that they may have wanted to flee extensive troop movements. Roman Empire was often stretched to capacity. Soldiers spent long periods traveling from one battlefield to another. When they moved, they were away from their loved ones. Escaping from the army was the only option if they wanted to see them. Gradual change in the life of roman soldiers started on the northern front line. It was an early sign of beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire, at the height of its prosperity.
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Hadrian's Wall - Housesteads Fort Walkthrough - Medieval Engineers
My latest build takes you up onto Hadrian's Wall itself. Housesteads Fort is one of the Wall forts, and one of the most famous Roman forts in the world. Its dramatic setting at the top of a long ridge makes it an imposing sight, even today. I wanted to re-create what it would have looked like in the 3rd Century, based on archaeology done in 1898, the 1930s, and the 1970s-80s.
A Roman fort wasn't just a fort. It was the nucleus of a living landscape. And it's been a lot of fun putting this fort & its landscape back together. I hope you enjoy!
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EP 13 Wark to Great Swinburne - The Grand Tour of Northumberland
5th May 2019
Join us on our walk of historic Northumberland as we continue our hike. Packed full of history and beautiful scenery. UK hiking at its best in England's least populated county.
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Section 13: Wark to Great Swinburne
In this section we begin with a brief history of Wark before heading up to Birtley where lies a hidden historic gem. Afterwards we drop down to Chipchase nursery and castle where we were kindly given permission to enter the castle grounds out of season (June). I only offer a brief overview of the castle history because the website contains a very good history of the castle that I would only be repeating (see: ).
After Chipchase we follow the river North Tyne passing Chipchase Mill and Reaverhill Farm where a bronze age dagger was found in 1964 and is now held by the Great North Museum: Hancock ( ).
After stopping off at the Barrasford Arms in Barrasford, we make our way to Edge House Tumulus, a bronze age grave site made up of large boulders that once contained the remains of a body in a cist and the ashes of two other bodies. Keeping with the pre-Roman theme, we head to the Swinburne Stone, Northumberland's tallest standing stone.
It is then just a short walk to Great Swinburne Castle, now a modern mansion house on the site of previous mansions, castle, and tower. The walk ends at the Catholic chapel nearby.
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World Wind Tour outline by David Ratcliff CGMM, and Great Grandniece, Elizabeth Binks, Hexham;
Brief outline of trip of Canon Garland’s Grandnephew, David Ratcliff CGMM, and Great Grandniece, Elizabeth Binks, from Hexham, Northumbria;
A medal Investiture by an Archbishop, an amazing archive revealed, a personally-guided tour of St George Greek Orthodox Church, Brisbane and afternoon tea at The Greek Club, an Overpass officially renamed in honour of Canon Garland, a civic Tree Planting Ceremony (in memory of Canon Garland) in Anzac Park organised by Cr James Mackay, a prayer of thanksgiving at Canon Garland’s grave on the 80th anniversary of his passing, an inspection of the Friends of Toowong Cemetery Museum, a personally-guided tour of the Victoria Barracks and Army Museum South Queensland, seeing Canon Garland Place, having meetings with Cr Peter Matic and Museum of Brisbane reps, seeing the Canon Garland Memorial - ANZAC Day Origins and watching the sunset from the verandah of the Rectory of St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point, a Eucharist Service at St Barnabas Anglican Church Red Hill Brisbane Australia (and an inspection of her Brisbane Open House displays), doing an in-studio, “live-to-air” interview with Rebecca Levingston on ABC Brisbane 612 4QR, as well talking to Tony Moore of the Brisbane Times and with Ian Eckersley of the Anglican Church Southern Queensland’s “Focus Online”, enjoying a talk about Duty Nobly Done - By Adam Holloway, taking in the final day’s play of the Australia v Sri Lanka Test Cricket match at Allan Border Field and the Sheffield Shield match at The Gabba and a farewell luncheon at the Regatta Hotel — and not in that order — all in just six days! ????
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From Wednesday morning, 9 October 2019, this major Queensland Government-constructed and controlled flyover across the Western Freeway, between Toowong’s Anzac Park and the Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, will more closely reflect the surrounding area’s unique significance as the cradle of the movement which became Australia’s most beloved institution: “Anzac Day”.
ABOVE: The former Toowong Bicycle and Pedestrian Overpass is now officially “Canon Garland Overpass”. This glimpse of the imposing structure (middle distance, at left) was captured from high up in the adjacent Toowong Cemetery. In the foreground is the cemetery access ramp installed by Brisbane City Council staff and contractors only in 2018. Canon Garland Overpass is thought to be the first bridge-like structure in the nation to be named after a former First AIF volunteer chaplain. Photo courtesy of Peter Collins CGMM.
The State Member for Ommaney, Ms Jess Pugh MP, was the Master of Ceremonies for the 9 October morning invitation-only official naming ceremony, convened at the eastern end (Anzac Park, Toowong) of the structure.
Special guests were Canon Garland’s Grandnephew, David Ratcliff, and Great Grandniece –David’s daughter – Mrs Elizabeth (“Liz”) Binks, both of Hexham, United Kingdom.
Audience members included: the State Member for Maiwar, Dr Michael Berkman MP; the Opposition Transport and Main Roads Minister, the Hon. Steve Minnikin MP; the Brisbane City Council’s Walter Taylor Ward Councillor, James Mackay; the Archdeacon to the Australian Army, Padre the Venerable Rob Sutherland CSC; the Priest-in-Charge of the Kangaroo Point Anglican Parish, the Reverend Canon Gary Harch CGMM and Marie-Claire Harch; Priest-in-Charge of Ithaca-Red Hill Parish, the Reverend Bill Colbrahams; the President of the Friends of Toowong Cemetery Incorporated, Darcy Maddock CGMM; President of the Asia Minor Greek Historical Society Incorporated, Marina Campbell; President of the Naval Association of Australia (Sandgate Sub-Section) and an executive member of the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee Incorporated, Darby Ashton CGMM; Immediate Past Vice-President of Canon Garland Memorial Society Incorporated, Ross Hielscher CGMM; Army Museum South Queensland director and an executive member of the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland Incorporated, CAP Adele Catts; Museum of Brisbane Executive Director, Dr Renai Grace; Past Executive Committee member of Canon Garland Memorial Society Incorporated, Robert Glazebrook CGMM; Transport and Main Roads departmental staffers, Nicole Hole and Andrew Haddock; as well as neighbours of the Overpass.
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Haltwhistle to Alston
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The Old Hall Country House - Madeley, Cheshire, UK
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Come and see what the Heritage Centre at Bellingham has to offer. Find out if you are a descendant of the fearsome Reiver clans, take snaps of each other with a Polaroid, Instamatic or a Box Brownie. Visit Walter Percy Collier’s photography shop, then browse our computer database of over 2000 of his fascinating images, showing local people, places and events between the two world wars. We have some fantastic examples of what life was like for the local people working in the mines and the farms. Revel in the romantic age of steam in our railwayana exhibitions - acclaimed by railway enthusiasts – then see what’s survived of our special station.
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Milecastle 42 on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, UK
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Milecastle 42 is located close to Cawfield Quarry, close to Haltwhistle, Northumberland, UK. The wind is so bad here at times that you can scarcely hear me rabbit on. This film does make the point however that it is very windy here - and the wind can suddenly appear from nowhere. It cannot have been a popular posting for a Roman soldier!
An unusual position for a fort as it is on a slope. Was it to protect the gap between the two hills or was it because the Romans were keen on getting their milecastles bang on one mile?
As you can see in this video, Milecastle 42 is situated on a steep south facing slope close to Cawfield Crags. It overlooks Hole Gap to the west. It measures 17.8 metres east-west by 14.4 metres north-south internally, with walls 2.8 metres thick and 1.4 metres high.
An excavation in 1847 - 8 uncovered part of a dedication slab indicating that the milecastle had been built by the Legio II Augusta.
Each milecastle on Hadrian's Wall had two associated turret structures. These turrets were positioned approximately one-third and two-thirds of a Roman mile to the west of the Milecastle, and would probably have been manned by part of the milecastle's garrison. The turrets associated with Milecastle 42 are known as Turret 42A and Turret 42B. The former was probably destroyed by quarrying.
Hadrian's Wall was 117.5 km long, it varied in height depending on what construction materials were available nearby. In this area the wall was around 2.4m high and we can still see where the ditches were located.
Roman Emperor Hadrian came to Britain in 122CE and the wall was no doubt planned before then, maybe even started before then. The wall was a clear indication of Roman power but also an indication that enough was enough and that the Empire was not going to continue growing. Hadrian's father Trajan had extended the Empire with the acquisition of Dacia in modern Romania and Mesopotamia in modern Iraq but Hadrian retreated from these areas. Hadrian followed the principle of Augustus a century earlier that consolidation, not enlargement was the name of the game.
Would it not have been easier for Hadrian simply to have conquered the remainer of Britain rather than build a wall? After all, he knew it was an island. This is a good question, the north had a low population and indeed the Empire did make north briefly later. I am unable to give an answer.
The Wall served more of a statement than a military value. It showed outsiders how strong Rome was and was useful in collecting taxation revenues. Certainly in other parts of the Empire, the 'barbarians' outside were beginning to live like Romans at this time and organise towns, roads etc.
The wall took only six years to finish although no doubt extra work was continually being done. At each of the 80 Roman miles there was a milecastle holding a handful of troops who could be called out if necessary. These milecastles were located within signalling or physical view of each other and so they are not equidistant.
The garrison was made up of auxiliaries, sometimes from far away places. The fortress of Arbeia (not strictly speaking a border fortress) at South Shields was garrisoned by people from Iraq!
Although there were attacks on the wall, on the whole it was peaceful. In 410CE, Rome itself was under attack and Roman troops were pulled out of Britain. The locals, who were Romanised, were told that they needed to take care of their own defence.
The wall lasted long after the Romans went. Most damage was done in the eighteenth century as stone was removed for road and agricultural use. Fortunately the wall was protected from the nineteenth century onwards. Hadrian's Wall was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and in 2005 it became part of the transnational Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site which also includes sites in Germany.
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During the Second World War some 375,000 men and women from African countries served in the Allied forces. They took part in campaigns in the Middle East, North Africa and East Africa, Italy and the Far East.
Men of the 81st and 82nd West African Divisions served with great distinction against the Japanese in Burma, as part of the famous 'Forgotten' 14th Army. The 81st was composed of units from the Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast (now Ghana), while the 82nd comprised further reinforcements from Nigeria and the Gold Coast. Both Divisions formed part of the RWAFF (Royal West African Frontier Force).
Vindolanda Roman Site, Hadrian's Wall
This is a fascinating site which may date from AD85, i.e.long before the construction of Hadrian's Wall.
The site is huge and still under excavation. It has evidence of both military and civilian occupation, right through to the end of the Roman occupaton in he early 5th century and beyond.
Vindolanda is famous for its collection of ink and waxed writing tablets which afford us a unique insight into frontier life during ther Roman occupation. There is a good museum and Vistor Centre.