The village of Woodland, County Durham 👉 englandsnortheast.co.uk/west-auckland-… Some good views up there

Priory of Gisborough (without a 'u') at Guisborough in #Cleveland area of #Yorkshire. Founded by Robert De Brus (Bruce). Bruces also held land at Skelton, Yarm and across the Tees at Hartlepool👇The Bruces weren't Scottish (originally), they were Normans englandsnortheast.co.uk/cleveland/

Preston Tower, #Northumberland Built in the 1390s, the tower’s medieval owners included Guiscard de Harbottle who was killed at the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513 👉 englandsnortheast.co.uk/alnwick/

Alnwick #Northumberland Our Alnwick and Aln page 👉 englandsnortheast.co.uk/alnwick/

Temple of Mithras, Carrawburgh, Hadrian's Wall #Northumberland 👉 englandsnortheast.co.uk/wall-country/

Beautiful Bishop Auckland, County #Durham From our Bishop Auckland page here 👉 englandsnortheast.co.uk/bishop-aucklan…

Sedgefield, where they pickled a parson, served an American president at the local pub and run riot every Shrove Tuesday in a football match englandsnortheast.co.uk/sedgefield-bis… #Sedgefield #Durham

Six Northern England county flags. North West and North East. Positioned from north to south. Tried to add Cheshire but it just doesn’t work. Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire on the west. Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire on the east.

Church of St Mary at Whalton, Northumberland From our Wallington, Belsay and Kirkharle page here 👇englandsnortheast.co.uk/wallington-bel… #Northumberland

One of a number of new pages covering York. So many links to the wider Northumbria region and part of a long-term website project to cover the broader North as ‘England's North’👇 englandsnortheast.co.uk/yorkshire-york…

A Durham Minster - in Yorkshire's East Riding! Howden Minster can be found at Howden in 'Howdenshire', a shire that once belonged to the Bishops of Durham. Constructed by the bishops and once under the administration of the Durham Priors, it's a forgotten part of Durham's history

The old Manor House or Palace of the Bishops of Durham at Howden in their former lands of 'Howdenshire' in Yorkshire's East Riding. It was a favourite residence of several of the bishops : From our Selby, Howden and Hemingbrough page 👉 englandsnortheast.co.uk/yorkshire-selb…

Anyone with Alexa have any thoughts on how to train Alexa to correctly pronounce the name of the River Wear? Also if you want to be amused (or frustrated) ask Alexa the name of the river in Sunderland or Durham.

Out for a stroll. This is Broomside near Sherburn village. I'm a bit of a say hello to everyone on a sunny day sort of person. Love the way blokes of a certain age reply with "yareet bonny lad" or "yareet kidda" the correct address to a fella like me in my youthful late 50s.

Durham Cathedral viewed from Durham station yesterday.

Currently recovering from eye surgery so limited to places I can visit by public transport. Lovely day out with the daughter yesterday in the beautiful city of Newcastle.

Wharram Percy, East Yorkshire (👉englandsnortheast.co.uk/east-riding-of…) England's most famous deserted medieval village. Sold by the Percys to the Hiltons (of Hylton Castle, Sunderland) in exchange for Shilbottle in Northumberland. The Hiltons slowly evicted villagers to favour sheep farming.

Some slight redesign tweaks to the England's North East site, particularly for mobile devices 👇 englandsnortheast.co.uk Also now includes a days out / places to visit feature.

On the term ‘Mackem’ : there was a derisive jibe about Sunderland shipbuilders ‘making’ (rather than ‘building’ ships) dating to about the 1790s. The first recorded allusion to this is in Fordyce’s History of Durham (1857). My explanation on YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY69NJ…

The beautiful Bewcastle Cross in Cumberland. A reminder that Northumbria and its influence stretched beyond the region we now call the North East. From our Cumberland border page 👉 englandsnortheast.co.uk/cumberland-bor…