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  Wikipedia: Northumberland
Northumberland is a county in England, on the border with Scotland.
Northumberland has a history of revolt and rebellion against the government, as seen in the Pilgrimage of Grace and the Rising of the North in Tudor times.
Northumberland became a sort of wild county, where outlaws and border reivers hid from the law, as it was largely rural and unpopulated.
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 Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost county of England, on the border with Scotland.
Municipal changes have meant that Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the former county town of Northumberland, is now in a separate county, Tyne and Wear.
Bamburgh Bardon Mill[?] Belford Bellingham Berwick-upon-Tweed Brampton[?], Brandon, Northumberland[?]
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 Names   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Northumberland Lay Subsidy Roll of 1296 (Ed: C M Fraser, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1968) is essentially a list of those how were liable to pay the Subsidy, or Tax, granted by Parliament to King Edward I to enable him to pursue his Wars with the Scots.
Northumberland was in the forefront of so many wars with our Scottish neighbours that no-one should be surprised to find a family present whose surname indicates a descent from ancestors employed in the mediaeval equivalent of the armaments industry.
Among the earliest Bowmakers to appear in Northumberland’s history after the Union of the Crowns in 1603 were a family from the border parish of Norham.
www.fonagroup.charitydays.co.uk /names.html   (6290 words)

  
 NORTHUMBERLAND ARCHIVES
These details were; date of birth and baptism, abode of the family, child's name, father's name, occupation and native parish and mother's name, native parish and her parents names.
In Northumberland many Presbyterians crossed the border in to Scotland to marry.
Northumberland Archives Service is committed to providing a quality service to all its users and therefore this information is also available in Large Print, on audio tape and via the Internet.
www.northumberland.gov.uk /drftp/1206.asp   (965 words)

  
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Rufus marched into Northumberland, but the quarrel was adjusted for the time; though private strife between the two Bishops led to Mowbray's driving the monks of Durham from the Priory at Tynemouth and replacing them by monks from St. Albans.
Redesdale is a district of monotonous, almost dreary, moorlands, and wild, bare fells, where sheep graze on what scanty provender the bleak hills afford, finding better fare, however, in the valleys near the river banks, where the pasture is fresh and green.
On the opposite side of the river from Wark is Chipchase Castle, one of the finest mansions in Northumberland, standing in the midst of the beautifully wooded and picturesque scenery which, from this point onwards is characteristic of the North Tyne.
www.gutenberg.org /files/11124/11124-8.txt   (17747 words)

  
 Art & Craft Galleries Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB
A visit to Northumberland is the perfect opportunity to see some outstanding arts and crafts — and to buy a unique, local artwork for your own home.
Northumberland's premier venue for contemporary art is part of the Berwick Barracks Complex and hosts at least three new exhibitions or "installations" per year.
Horsley Printmakers is a new printmaking studio established in a 19th century school room.
www.northumberland.gov.uk /VG/text_crafts.htm   (1761 words)

  
 Northumberland National Park - Horsley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Horsley was noted in the Debatable Lands survey of 1604 as being a property held under customary tenancy and occupied by seven men and their families.
This was a cottage of indeterminate age that was used to house the estate woodman known as Horsley Wood Cottage.
This became the sight of the present Holy Trinity Church which was built at the expense and under the patronage of Lord Redesdale between 1842 and 1844 as a chapel of ease for the district.
www.northumberland-national-park.org.uk /VisitorGuide/TimesPast/HistoricVillageAtlas/Rochester/Horsley.htm   (534 words)

  
 Geography and Churches of the North Tyne and Redesdale Team Ministry
The 'Map of the Region' below shows the spread of towns and villages in this area of south west Northumberland in which there are Anglican congregations, most of them also boasting of a church building.
These four congregations of Redesdale are under the charge of the Priest in Charge who resides in the Otterburn Vicarage.
Cuthbert's church lies 8.5 miles south west of Otterburn and is the place where the Vicar of the North Tyne group of parishes resides - this post is currently vacant.
www.ntandr.org.uk /churches.php   (277 words)

  
 The Removals Directory Northumberland - Free removals quotes from removals companies and moving home guide ...
Northumberland is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in northern England.
The ceremonial county borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Lieutenancy area of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale to the north, and nearly eighty miles of North Sea coastline.
Indeed, the county of Tyne and Wear is not indicative of the 'attachments' of the local population; residents of Newcastle would more readily identify themselves with Northumberland than their rival city, Sunderland, another place brought within the boundaries of Tyne and Wear in 1974.
www.theremovalsdirectory.co.uk /localremovalscompaniesmain.php?cnty=53   (461 words)

  
 Anglican Parish Registers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Up until the introduction of civil registration in 1837 baptism, marriage and burial records may be the only record of a persons existence.The detail included in the registers varies over time and between parishes.
This is a composite list of original registers and microfilm copies held by Northumberland Record Office at the Northumberland Record Office.
The majority of original registers have been microfilmed and, in the interests of conservation, searchers are required to use microfilms rather than originals.
www.bpears.org.uk /NRO/ParishRecords.html   (1023 words)

  
 Northumberland National Park - Early Modern Resettlement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The earliest certain reference to a settlement at Rochester occurs in the schedule for the day and night watches of Redesdale, which is incorporated in the 1552 Border Survey conducted by John Dudley, earl of Northumberland, and Lord Dacre, (cf.
On the night watch Birdhope and 'Ratchester', Horsley and the Stobbs, Allshaugh and the Spitelhaugh were to watch the street of Acamside Moor and Pringlehaugh, providing a total of four men.
In 1546 the manor of Harbottle including Redesdale had been absorbed into the crown on the recommendation of Sir Robert Bowes, to improve Border security and exert greater control over the lawless district (Hodgson 1827, 66-67).
www.northumberland-national-park.org.uk /VisitorGuide/TimesPast/HistoricVillageAtlas/Rochester/EarlyModernResettlement.htm   (567 words)

  
 List of places in Northumberland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of places in Northumberland, in England.
The area covered is the ceremonial county, hence the exclusion of places traditionally regarded as being in Northumberland which are now in Tyne and Wear for administrative and ceremonial purposes.
See the list of places in England for places in other counties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_places_in_Northumberland   (266 words)

  
 GENUKI: Anglican Parishes and Chapels of Ease in Northumberland
GENUKI: Anglican Parishes and Chapels of Ease in Northumberland
Anglican Parishes and Chapels of Ease in Northumberland
A Parochial Chapelry is a half-way-house between a chapel of ease and a parish.
www.genuki.bpears.org.uk /NBL/hierarchy.html   (3558 words)

  
 The Rollo to Thomas Pearsall
These first outlaws were local nobles hounded from their homes by the men of the Conqueror and forced to live in the forest until a place could be found for them in the feudal society as an ally or vassal of another noble.
Their children were educated in Northumberland in "the best schools in Europe, those intended for Norsemen." (Ibid p.
He was sheriff of Staffordshire in 1436 and took part in the war between Staffordshire and Northumberland which became the Wars of the Roses.
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 Our Surnames
Subsequent generations of the family were domiciled in the Border areas of Northumberland, Durham and Cumberland and also in Yorkshire.
The HERON family owned Chipchase Castle in Northumberland from 1348 to 1727 and were Lords of the Manor of Ford before that.
It could be from Henshaw, Northumberland, between Haydon Bridge and Haltwhistle or it may be a lost place name.
www.northpennineancestors.co.uk /OurSurnamesH.htm   (2902 words)

  
 PAP: The Scots Worthies by John Howie. William Veitch.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Thus William Veitch travelled from place to place; sometimes at London, sometimes at Nottingham, Chester, Lancaster, sometimes in Northumberland, especially in Redesdale; till the year 1671, when he was persuaded to bring his wife and family to that county; which he did, and settled for some time within the parish of Rothbury.
But no sooner was he settled here, though in a moorish place, than the Popish gang stirred up enemies against him on account of his little meeting; which obliged him to remove five miles farther up the country, to a place called Alnham-hall, where many out of curiosity frequented his preaching.
But the matter taking air, he was obliged to hide himself near Redesdale Head, even from his very friends, till the season of appearing came, when he narrowly escaped being taken, while hid on Carter Fell, covered with only heather, Colonel Struthers and Meldrum’s troop being out in quest of him and others.
www.pap.com.au /howie/jh_sw069.htm   (4531 words)

  
 Horsley Holy Trinity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The then Lord Redesdale had the church built and endowed with the living.
It is built high up on the side of a hill overlooking the Rede Valley.
In the porch is a Roman altar and several interesting stones that have been unearthed locally.
www.original-indexes.demon.co.uk /NBL/BEL/BEL-HOR.htm   (60 words)

  
 Macdonald Linden Hall, Golf & Country Club, Morpeth - Outings
Elsdon is a village set around a large 7 acre green, once a gathering places for the Redesdale clans, on which there are the earthworks of a Norman castle and an old peel- tower.
Longhorsley Moor is high and bleak (in the winter of 1890 the mail-gig was blown over in a gale and the driver found with his neck broken).
On the western edge of Longhorsley is an ancient battlemented peel tower, dating from the early 16th-century and formerly belonging to the Horsley family; Sir Thomas Horsley entertained General Monck here on his way south to effect the Restoration of King Charles II.
www.lindenhall-hotel.co.uk /outings/townsandvillages.htm   (2732 words)

  
 Hissem_Bowes Family
In reprisal for a particularly effective Scottish Reivers raid, Robert Bowes, the English East March Warden raided and devastated Teviotdale and the surrounding area; whilst returning with the plunder and livestock, the English were ambushed by the Earl of Huntly at Haddon Rig.
When the Earls of Westmoreland and Northumberland reared the Standard of revolt in the North, Sir George was the only person of great influence that opposed the insurgents, having, for that purpose, fortified himself in Barnard Castle.
In November 1649 he became the first Sheriff of Northumberland under the Commonwealth and was returned MP for Northumberland to Richard Cromwell's Parliament of 1659.
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 Rede Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The River Rede rises on the slopes of Carter Fell on the border of Northumberland with Scotland.
Redesdale has been a major transport route for over 2,000 years.
The A68 / A696, one of the main routes to Scotland, runs through it, and it is also traversed by the Pennine Way.
www.redevalley.org   (148 words)

  
 geordie dictionary
The permanent hemmel, which forms a conspicuous feature in Northumberland farm buildings, is surrounded by a fold yard, and has in front an arcade of massive masonry, frequently surmounted by a granary.
It was placed before the church door when the bride and bridegroom came out, and the newly-wedded ones had to "loup", it, or else pay the usual fine.
In Durham a score is twenty-one tubs, in Northumberland twenty.
members.tripod.com /newcastleupontyne/geordie.html   (9851 words)

  
 Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. Terry - Full Text Free Book (Part 3/4)
Northumberland at Ebchester, and crossing the moors to Whittonstall,
Northumberland is fortunate in the number of rivers which, owing to the
Northumberland, and the slayer could not be found to be brought to
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 Antiques Digest - Index 604
Humbleton, or Homildon, is a hamlet close to Wooler, and the famous hill of the same name lies to the West of it.
On the south of the wide estuary stands the busy town of Amble, and at high tide the gleaming waters and the shipping make a fine picture, whilst beyond on the heaving sea is Coquet Island with its conspicuous whitewashed lighthouse.
It is not associated with any events of historical importance, though the ruins of the large castle of the de Merlays, standing on a wooded eminence above the town, show the might of the Norman barons who reigned there.
www.oldandsold.com /articles/index604.shtml   (1394 words)

  
 Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. Terry - Full Text Free Book (Part 2/4)
Northumberland Dock and the staithes of the Tyne Commissioners, where
Northumberland, are yet so bound up with the story of the Tyne that no
Northumberland." The brave Admiral was fond of planting an oak tree
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 Moose in Northumberland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
I started Moose after making rugs for friends and family for about three years after attending several workshops with Northumberland’s leading textile artists.
This will involve creating their school badge by using old uniforms from the lost property box.
I would like to develop workshops throughout Northumberland and would like any organization or group to contact me with their ideas of a workshop, groups of 6-12 people are ideal.
www.ruralvoices.org.uk /cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=963   (378 words)

  
 University of the 3rd Age: 36 Transport Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
During the next ten years Holmeside Avenue was continued and Rochester, Horsley and Elsdon Gardens were built on this farmland.
There were popular trips from Tyneside to the races at York, Carlisle, Stockton and Redcar and to places like Knaresborough, Bellingham Show, the Lake District, Scarborough and the Motor Show at Earl's Court.
Football excursions were also run of course, and summer evening tours of stations to view the colourful station gardens on the Newcastle - Hex ham line, returning via Redesdale, Scotsgap and Morpeth.were quite popular.
www.gatesheadgrid.org /u3a/36_transport   (10378 words)

  
 GENUKI: Maps - Elsdon, Northumberland Genealogy
The following links will take you directly to maps centered approximately on the places named and you can then navigate (click on the map to re-centre or use the arrows) and zoom (using the buttons below the map) as desired.
Elsdon, High Carrick, Horsley, Laingshill, Monkridge, Otterburn, Otterburn Camp, Raylees, Redesdale Camp, Rochester, Townhead, Troughend, Woodside.
You can also view modern maps of the same locations provided by Streetmap.
www.genuki.bpears.org.uk /NBL/Elsdon/Maps.html   (127 words)

  
 Australian Weather News -- 01 FEB 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Temperatures reached into the high 30s, with maxima 8 to 12 above average in most of VIC, but in SA maxima today were up to 12 below average.
Wind gusted to 93km/h at Swan Hill in the NW, 85 at Hopetoun in the west and 80 at Redesdale in central VIC.
In the Goulburn Valley, an estimated 5% of the fruit crop worth hundreds of thousands of dollars was destroyed by the wind, with ripe fruit, especially peaches, blown off trees.
australianweathernews.com /news/2005/050201.SHTML   (952 words)

  
 Art & Craft Galleries Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB (page 132)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Art & Craft Galleries Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB (page 132)
• Otterburn & Redesdale page • Otterburn Mill Website
This web page is also available in several formats to make it as easy as possible to read:
www.northumberland.gov.uk /vg/crafts.htm   (1724 words)

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