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  Northumbrian (Anglo-Saxon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Northumbrian was a dialect spoken in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
The dialect was spoken from the Humber in England to the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
During the Viking invasions of the 9th century, Northumbrian came under the influence from the languages of the Viking invaders.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northumbrian_(Anglo-Saxon)   (156 words)

  
 Northumbria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Early Northumbrian is regarded as the forerunner of the Scots Language, which was called Ynglis as late as the early 16th century.
As an example of the difference in the softer County Durham/Wearside the English 'book' is pronounced 'bewk', in Geordie it becomes 'buuk' while in the Northumbrian it is 'byuk'.
Due to the roots of the Northumbrian (Geordie) dialect, it is often said that visitors from Scandinavian countries often find it much easier to understand the English of Northumbria than the rest of the country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northumbria   (1416 words)

  
 Northumbrian Water
Northumbrian Water is to transfer the operation and maintenance of the Kielder Water hydroelectric power station to RWE Npower, which is expected to lead to significant investment at the site.
Northumbrian Water is said to be facing the prospect of being put up for sale, as part of the debt reduction programme at its French parent Suez.
Northumbrian Water is to set up a £11m gasification plant next to its sludge treatment centre at Bran Sands, Teesside, generating 5MW of electricity which will either be sold to the National Grid or used to power the sewage works.
www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /nor88155.htm   (293 words)

  
 Northumbrian Smallpipes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The principal characteristics of the Northumbrian instruments are the bellows and the method of mounting the drones—the common stock.
As noted above, one of the distinguishing characteristics of Northumbrian pipes is having all their drones mounted in a common stock, and this feature is also thought to have been introduced from the Low Countries or Germany (where now-extinct pipes had this form) at about the same time as bellows.
Though today the possible range of a Northumbrian pipe chanter is even further extended and there are instruments available in a variety of pitches, the evolutionary history of the instrument itself finishes with the Reids.
www.pipersgathering.org /Northumbrian%20Smallpipes/Northumbrian%20Smallpipes.htm   (1871 words)

  
 English language - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about English language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The ancestral forms of English were dialects brought from the northwest coastlands of Europe to Britain by Angle, Saxon, and Jutish invaders who gained footholds in the southeast in the 5th century and over the next 200 years extended and consolidated their settlements from southern England to the middle of Scotland.
Scholars distinguish four main early dialects:; of the Jutes in Kent (Kentish), the Saxons in the south (West Saxon), the Mercians or southern Angles in the Midlands (Mercian), and the Northumbrians or northern Angles north of the Humber (Northumbrian).
The first dialect of Old English to rise to literary prominence was Northumbrian, and during the early Old English period Northumbrian schools were the most learned in Christendom, producing such scholars as Bede and Alcuin, confidant and adviser of Charlemagne.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /English+language   (1088 words)

  
 Northumbrian Language Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB
Northumbrian Language Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB This plain text version of the page is designed for printing and use by speech browsers.
It is undisputable, however, that "Northumbrian" was one of the original source languages of modern English, undiluted by words derived from French, Commonwealth and New World sources.
A particular version of "Northumbrian" was spoken by the miners of south east Northumberland (from places such as Blyth and Ashington) and is known as "Pitmatic".
www.northumberland.gov.uk /vg/text_dialect.html   (547 words)

  
 Northumbrian Water lead the way   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Northumbrian Water have shown that it is possible satisfy and even exceed the the new environmental standards set by Europe, with their new state of the art sewage works.
Seals and Salmon have returned to the Tees estuary after Northumbrian Water have made substantial efforts to clean up what was one of the most polluted rivers in Britain.
Northumbrian Water have gone for the maximum reuse option for the sewage waste and point out that 1 ton of dried pellets are produced for every 20 tons of wet sludge.
members.aol.com /wwanglia/northw.htm   (355 words)

  
 Finding gold in Northumbrian brown ale (printable version)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Northumbrian is made by the Federation Brewery, which was originally established in Newcastle in 1919 but moved to a modern plant in 1980, just south of Newcastle in Gateshead.
Northumbrian Brown is called High Level Brown in its native country.
The picture of the castle on the bottle is Bamburgh Castle, which stands on a basalt outcrop facing the North Sea in Northumbria and apparently has served as a fortification in one manner or another since before the Roman conquest.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=41935   (429 words)

  
 Ontario Fishing Bear and Moose Hunts at Northumbrian Lodge Sioux Lookout Ontario Canada
Northumbrian Resort in Sioux Lookout is a great get-away spot to relax and forget the problems of the world around you.
After two years of fishing in ontario at Northumbrian Resort, it feels weird to fish anywhere else, because I know it won't be as good as it is here.
This was the first trip to Northumbrian Resort for my father, my husband and me. From the moment we arrived in northern Ontario, till check-out time, we found the staff to be extremely friendly, helpful and accommodating.
www.northumbrianresort.info /comments.html   (1528 words)

  
 Making a Set of Northumbrian Smallpipes
There is now more interest in the Northumbrian small pipes than at any time in their history.
Sets are being made by enthusiastic amateurs and professional instrument makers in quantities unthought of 10 years ago and, with this explosion in interest, I have felt the need for a book setting out clearly the dimensions, and details of the approximately 90 parts which make up a fully fitted 7 keyed set.
One major attribute of Northumbrian pipe makers, is their willingness to give freely of their knowledge.
www.geocities.com /Paris/5701/smallpipes/pipe1.htm   (485 words)

  
 Northumbrian Quality Meats - Northumbria Larder Members' Directory
At Northumbrian Quality Meats our objective is to provide you the customer with the very best organic beef and lamb that is available, at an affordable price and to do this with the highest standards of animal welfare and environmental responsibility that we possibly can.
The cattle used by Northumbrian Quality Meats in the production of their Organic Hill Bred Beef are of breeds whose ancestors may well have grazed these high Northumbrian Hills generations ago.
Northumbrian Quality Meats Limited was established in 1998 to promote and retail high quality organic meat from Northumberland.
www.northumbria-larder.co.uk /members_northumbrianqualitymeats.html   (263 words)

  
 Northumbrian %28Anglo-Saxon%29   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The annual festival of Northumbrian music and traditions is held the weekend after Easter in the historic county town of Morpeth.
A Northumbrian by birth, became a monk in Ireland, died in 729 at the age of 90.
A 14th Century castle nestling in the Northumbrian valley of the South Tyne.
www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Northumbrian_%28Anglo-Saxon%29   (931 words)

  
 Charles Roberts - Uilleann pipemaker.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He is originally from Northumberland in England, and started his pipemaking career with the Northumbrian smallpipes.
He was also involved in restoration of Union pipes by the Northumbrian pipemaker Robert Reid from North Shields.
Northumbrian smallpipes are also available, ask for details.
homepage.tinet.ie /~robertscharles   (259 words)

  
 Northumbrian bagpipes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Northumbrian bagpipes are a bellows-blown pipe with the feature that the end of the chanter closed meaning that it is possible to silences.
This combined with the unusually tight (each note is played by lifting only finger) means that much Northumbrian piping tends to be very staccato in style.
There are usually four on the Northumbrian pipes usually tuned to tonic or the fourth.
www.freeglossary.com /Northumbrian_bagpipes   (385 words)

  
 PN 30/03: Ofwat publishes position paper on Northumbrian Water's acquisition
Northumbrian's credit rating was downgraded following its takeover by Northumbrian Water Group (formerly Aquavit plc) in May 2003.
Debt investors have expressed their concern that the rating may not be sustainable in the long term as the company needs ready access to the capital markets.
Northumbrian Water supplies water and sewerage services to more than one million customers in the North East of England, and water services to a further 730,000 customers in Essex and Suffolk.
www.ofwat.gov.uk /aptrix/ofwat/publish.nsf/Content/pn3003   (388 words)

  
 Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By the time of James VI's accession to the English throne, the old Scottish Court and Parliament spoke and wrote in Scots, also known as Lowland Scots or Lallans (although strictly speaking Lallans is a literary dialect of the Scots language).
Scots is widely believed to have developed from the Northumbrian form of Anglo-Saxon, spoken in Bernicia which, in the 6th century, conquered the Brythonic kingdom of Gododdin (modern-day Lothian) and renamed its capital, Dunedin, to Edinburgh.
The influence of settlers from the Low Countries and Norway in the east coast burghs founded from the reign of David I onwards was also an important factor in the development of the language, however.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scotland   (5659 words)

  
 Northumbrian Smallpipes, English Bagpipes, Scottish Borders, UK - David Burleigh
The pipe bag is hand stitched leather with covers of velvet, shepherd's plaid or tartan.
To anyone familiar with the Scottish bagpipes it will be clear at a glance that the Northumbrian Smallpipes are very different.
Played throughout the English region of Northumbria, near the Scottish Borders, in a continuous tradition for over 300 years, the Smallpipes incorporate several features which make them unique and arguably the most sophisticated instrument in the bagpipe family.
www.burleighsmallpipes.com   (255 words)

  
 Northumbrian Magazine Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Launched in 1987, The Northumbrian is one of England's best-selling regional magazines, closely followed by its sister magazine
The bi-monthly magazine features a blend of well-written articles about the magnificent Northumberland countryside, its towns and villages, the history and heritage of the area, wildlife, walks, leisure and sporting activities, gardening and book reviews.
The hallmarks of The Northumbrian are superb colour photography, carefully researched and entertainingly written features, and high quality printing.
www.northumbrian-mag.com /HOME.html   (308 words)

  
 Arts and Humanities Research Council - Performance on the Northumbrian Smallpipes: historical sources, contemporary ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Her research project will analyse developments in the Northumbrian Piping tradition over the last fifty years.
"The music of the Northumbrian smallpipes a quiet, indoor bagpipe - is an important part of the regional heritage of the North East", explains Ms Cato.
During the nineteenth century, the repertoire of the Northumbrian Pipes was greatly enriched by musicians from other traditions.
www.ahrb.ac.uk /awards/casestudies/ar02cspaulinecato_27_09_02.asp   (337 words)

  
 Northumbrian Water Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Northumbrian Water Group plc is an independent company quoted on the FTSE 250 index of the London Stock Exchange.
The companies in the Group work in three related areas: the supply of water and waste water services within the UK: international water management; and a range of supporting technical and consultancy services.
Northumbrian Water Group plc Annual report and financial statements 2004/05
www.nwg.co.uk   (72 words)

  
 Northumbrian Pipers' Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Northumbrian Pipers' Society was established in 1928 to promote the indigenous bagpipes of the North-East of England - the Northumbrian Smallpipes and the Half-long or Border pipes.
The Northumbrian Smallpipes are a melodious, bellows blown bagpipe.
Playing tunes with different key signatures required a variety of drone tunings which lead to: the addition of more drones; stoppers to turn off those which conflicted with the melody; and tuning beads to widen the selection of pitches.
www.northumbrianpipers.org.uk   (343 words)

  
 Recycling system boosts Northumbrian Water: News from Verderflex
Northumbrian Water recently asked Verder to provide a more efficient water boost system.
The application involved the circulation of mains water to cool the bearings of sewage transfer pumps at a sewage treatment works.
Northumbrian Water was therefore keen to introduce a recycling process that would save on water costs.
www.engineeringtalk.com /news/vrd/vrd114.html   (217 words)

  
 Andy May / The Yellow Haired Laddie / cdRoots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Andrew May - Northumbrian Pipes & Whistle - Andy is the best of the younger pipers around by far.
Andy became interested in playing Northumbrian smallpipes in 1987 after his father had begun learning them during the previous year.
Among his 20 wins at open piping competitions, he is a nine-time winner of Northumbrian Pipers Society Annual Open Competition, currently a record.
www.cdroots.com /fell-may-yellow.html   (276 words)

  
 Cobles
She can sail with 2 crew or row/motor with 3 and has plenty of reserve buoyancy in her lines—she has the same tumblehome, generous freeboard and deep forefoot with flared bow sections as her larger sisters.
The concept of the Northumbrian 10'6" came from the need to have a sturdy and very seaworthy small working dinghy which could be rowed, sailed and motored easily and which would weigh no more than 70 lbs or so.
She also had to have a striking appearance and on looking around at some of our traditional working craft, l revisited drawings that l had done some while ago of Yorkshire Cobles These Cobles were used for fishing and foying (tending shipping) in the rugged conditions of the NE coast and North Sea.
www.selway-fisher.com /Cobles.htm   (512 words)

  
 The Northumbrian Renaissance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He reigned from 651 to 670, and it was during his reign that much of the flowering of the Northumbrian renaissance took place.
He was a younger brother of PEADA, he led the Mercian campaign to overthrow the Northumbrian hegemony and he invaded Wessex in 674.
He was a son of ETHELHERE and a Northumbrian princess, Hereswith of Deira.
homepage.mac.com /jezreell/history/n_king.htm   (3583 words)

  
 Pauline Cato's Northumbrian Choice by Pauline Cato Book - Celtic/Irish - Acoustic Instruments Series from Music44.com
This book and the accompanying recordings reflect the beauty and variety of the region-- haunting slow airs can be found alongside exciting reels and jigs.
Also included are some of the oldest known Northumbrian tunes, along with some recently adopted tunes, some well-known songs, and, of course, tunes with variations, an important part of the Northumbrian tradition.
Northumbrian music is currently increasing in popularity as is its own instrument, the Northumbrian pipes.
www.music44.com /X/product/A169-M   (220 words)

  
 Northumberland Folk Music Northumberland Northumbria England UK GB (page 117)
The first is the Northumbrian smallpipes, which are often just simply called the Northumbrian pipes.The second instrument is the slightly larger Northumbrian half-long pipes, also known as Border pipes.
The Northumbrian pipes are played by inflating the "bag" with bellows held under one arm (rather than by blowing into it, like the Scottish bagpipes) whilst the other arm is used to gently deflate the bag through the various "pipes" or chanters.
Many of these ballads survive today, both in their original Northumbrian dialect (some call it a language of its own) and in modern "English" translations.
www.northumberland.gov.uk /vg/music.html   (707 words)

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