Overnight on Lindisfarne The Holy Island of Northumberland 🇬🇧
Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland
Aidan, the first Bishop of Lindisfarne, an Irish-Celtic monk from the Scottish isle of Iona, travelled widely throughout Northumbria and with the help of King Oswald as interpreter, began the conversion of the pagan Northumbrians to Christianity.
I stayed at the Lindisfarne Hotel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindisfarne
https://englandsnortheast.co.uk/lindisfarne-holy-island/
and dont forget the band named after the island
https://www.lindisfarne.co.uk/
Welcome to Conisbrough 🇬🇧
The name Conisbrough possibly comes from the Old English Cyningesburh (first recorded c. 1000) meaning "king's stronghold" or "king's fortified place" or also it's thought an ancient Britain "Conan" owned the land "Conan" and a seat of power "brough"
It's a pretty little place in South Yorkshire, not far from the M1
More on Saint Peters Church in Conisbrough here - https://www.stpetersconisbrough.org/story
Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote about the town, claiming that it had been fortified by Ambrosius Aurelianus (a contender for King Arthur), King of the Britons after his victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Hengist,[12] that the captive Anglo-Saxon leader Hengist was hacked to pieces by Eldol outside the town walls, and was buried at "Hengist's Mound" in the town.
In Walter Scott's novel, Ivanhoe, 'Coningsburgh Castle' is based on Conisbrough. Scott's Coningsburgh is an Anglo-Saxon fortress, based (perhaps knowingly) on the mistaken conclusion that its unique style marked it as a non-Norman castle. The great tower is described specifically, so that it is clear that Scott has the Norman version of Conisbrough in mind.
the castle - https://historytheinterestingbits.com/2020/08/01/conisbrough-castle/
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Brough Castle 🇬🇧
Brough Castle itself the oldest parts date back to 1100AD , but there's been a Roman fort on the site too going back further.
https://www.english-lakes.com/brough_castle.htm
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The Search for Eston Mine 🇬🇧
Eston Nab (a rocky promontory) sits between Redcar, Guisborough & Middlesborough.
It is the site of Bronze Age burial mounds and an Iron Age hill fort (what looks like later roman wall remains) as well as a look out point during the Napoleonic war & World War 2.
I search for Eston Mine, a mine for ironstone used from 1850 - 1949. will I find it?
More information on the mine & some really cool photos of what it looked like are here
https://cmhs.org.uk/information-and-resources-2/mines/eston/
and here
https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/eston-mine/
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Prudhoe Castle Explore 🇬🇧
On the south bank of the river tyne 5 miles west of Newcastle lies Prudhoe castle. A Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.
The history of it goes back almost 1000 years, from a basic Motte & Bailey castle after the conquest of the Normans, to a 19th century house built inside the grounds where you could rent to live!
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Scarborough Victorian seaside resort in 2024 🇬🇧
Explore off the beaten track with me in the beautiful Victorian seaside resort of Scarborough.
SEE South Bay bathing pool in its hayday & now.
SEE an old fashioned English seaside joke shop
SEE a mysterious underground car park hidden from all but the locals
SEE me rather drunk
SEE Scarborough castle and Roman remains
SEE Elvis,Dionne Warwick, and Dexys Midnight Runners!
for more historic South bay bathing pool photos and histroy check out https://cambridge-photographer.co.uk/south-bay-pool-scarborough
Scarborough castle info:-
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/scarborough-castle/
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The Grand Hotel Scarborough Review April 2024 🇬🇧
The Grand Hotel, Scarborough. Winston Churchill Stayed here, Adolf Hitler wanted to stay here.Come and see why.
It's had some bad reviews in the past, as it is a MASSIVE Victorian Hotel & was quite run down. It's been renovated in 2022.
My Honest Review, of my first stay, in an EPIC hotel with history! Not just the room as I explore the hotel itself.
#BritaniaHotels #TheGrandHotel #HotelReview #Scarborough #Hotel #Scarborough #Travel
beauty of morning playing in the background.
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Neolithic stone circles of The Lake District 🇬🇧
The Lake District near Keswick & Penrith have the 2nd & 3rd largest stone circles in England (after Stonehenge)
see - Long Meg and her Daughters near Penrith (free to visit, on private land, so be respectful).
https://www.stonepages.com/england/england.html
Castlerigg - just outside Keswick the 3rd largest , owned by English Heritage (but free to access). known locally as Druid's Circle, also called Keswick Carles & one of the oldeset (5 thousand years old it is believed).
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/castlerigg-stone-circle/
https://www.stonepages.com/england/castlerigg.html
Also near Long meg is the lesser known little meg, originally thought to be a cairn, with a carved stone, on private land in a farmers field.
http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/littlemeg.htm
Enjoy some beautiful scenery....music, and cows.
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Edinburgh during covid lockdown 🇬🇧
For a day out, going stir crazy being treated like a common criminal by the Government, I decided for a day out in Edinburgh.
climb Jacobs Ladder with me, see the national monument of scotland, and where the posh people live.
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The most beautiful village you have never heard of! Aldbrough St John 🇬🇧
Aldbrough In the Norse language Aldbrough means "Old Burh" or fortified stronghold. Later The St John suffix was added to the name in the 1930s by the Post Office to avoid confusion with the Aldborough near Boroughbridge.
It's located in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire.
At one time Aldbrough St John had a "small castle". We know this from John Leland's account in 1540 that "There appere great ruines of a howse or litle castel at Albruch village, and thereby rennith a bekke. It standith a 2 mile south from Perse Bridg on Tese". Perse Bridg is now called Piercebridge 2 miles north of Aldbrough referred to above as Albruch.
I visit The Parish Church of Saint Paul , find a grade 2 listed bridge (Packhorse bridge) & a grade 2 listed water spring on the village green. while avoiding the "panic" that was covid.
https://www.aldbroughstjohn.co.uk/
https://www.teesdalelocal.co.uk/place/aldbrough-st-john/
York Minster & York Oratory 🇬🇧
Check out the carvings outside York Oratory (The Oratory Church of Saint Wilfrid)
https://www.yorkoratory.com/
In the early 1500s, Saint Wilfrid's was an advowson of the Benedictine Saint Mary's Abbey, York.[4] In 1585, the parish could not support itself; the church became redundant, had fallen into disuse, and was demolished.[5] It was eventually built over and the parish united with Saint Michael le Belfry. Saint Wilfrid's parish was revived by York Catholics in 1742 when they established their Mission in Little Blake Street. The Mission was founded by the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of England, Edward Dicconson.
The Church you see now was completed in 1864 , taking 2 years to build.
https://yorkminster.org/
York Minster, formally the "Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York", is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England.
The first record of a church on the site dates to 627 built hurriedly to provide a place to baptise King Edwin of Northumbria.
The title "minster" also dates to the Anglo-Saxon period, originally denoting a missionary teaching church
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Historic City of York Walking Tour 🇬🇧
Come with me and explore the Historic City of York, in North Yorkshire, England.
This was after heavy rain so there was flooding of the river Ouse and Foss.
see many historic sights, some of the strange places like, Cat cafes, Haunted Pubs.
It's a strange eclectic place. I hope you enjoy it.
3:26 Fishergate Postern Tower
https://her-staging.york.gov.uk/Source/SYO2222
5:27 Dick Turpin's Grave
http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/04/07/1739-dick-turpin-outlaw-legend/
9:21 The Old White Swan Pub
http://york-wiki.co.uk/old-white-swan-york.html
11:20 The Golden Fleece Pub
https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/product/the-golden-fleece-pub-york
12:26 Shambles Market
https://visityork.org/business-directory/category/shopping/shambles-market
13:32 The Shambles
http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/medieval/the-shambles
18:53 Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-gate
21:34 Merchant Adventurers' Hall
https://www.merchantshallyork.org/
24:48 Monks Bar
https://www.gpsmycity.com/attractions/monk-bar-27927.html\
26:08 The Stonegate Devil
http://secretyork.com/the-stonegate-devil/
31:16 Clifford’s Tower
http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/norman/clifford-s-tower
35:20 St. Leonards hospital
http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/medieval/st-leonard-s-hospital
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Hylton Castle- Sunderland Ghosts & Legends 🇬🇧
In Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, North East England you will find an impressive Gothic edifice, Hylton Castle. And naturally as you'd expect from any ruined castle worth its salt, it has a famous ghost, the Cauld Lad of Hylton.
The place is an English heritage site, but is a working building, so limited access.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hylton-castle/
for tales and ledgends of the site:-
https://www.hypnogoria.com/folklore_cauld.html
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Gashapon in the UK 🇬🇧
#Gashapon in the #UK ? in #Namco amusements in the #Metrocentre you can get that authentic #Japanese feel of
#ガシャポン or as I call them #Gachapon #ガチャポン
Like those crap machines at the seaside in the UK where you put 20p in and you got an egg with a crap toy. but these give you quality collectables.
Huge in #Tokyo where there is whole stores full of them (check out my #Youtube #Rumble video on it on my channels)
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Roman Fort of Arbiea - South Shields, Tyne & Wear 🇬🇧
Part of the supply for the Roman Frontier, on Hadrians Wall , on the English border now. It Guarded the entrance to the river Tyne.
Standing above the entrance to the River Tyne, Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort guarded the main sea route to Hadrian's Wall. It was a key garrison and military supply base to other forts along the Wall and is an important part of the history of Roman Britain.
Through the course of history Arbeia has had several guises: from the Roman Emperor's HQ for the Scottish invasion to a busy cosmopolitan port. It has hosted dramatic tales of murder, fire, and holds the key to ancient love stories. It was a huge supply base for the Roman army, home to 600 Roman troops and is said to be the birth place of the Northumbrian King Oswin
It is also a UNESCO World Heritage site with the finest full-scale Roman reconstructions in the country showcasing some of the most significant finds from that time.
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The Strangest Beach you will ever see! Covered in SNOW! 🇬🇧
I went back to Dawdon Blast Beach during a cold snap, where it had been subzero for days and a few inches of snow. check out the difference compared to my earlier video in June (The strangest beach you will ever see! Dawdon Blast 🇬🇧)
See manmade archeology lines, of victoring dumping, coal mining waste & probably the dumping of the coalmine itself.
I did find a Victorian womans show but due to the cold, my batteries drained super quickly (I went through 4!)
Enjoy frozen waterfalls, bubbles under the Ice, and a World war 2 bunker.
Thrill as I try to walk down iced up steps! 😂
And Remember, this is where the external shots for Alien 3 were filmed!
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UK's ONLY WW1 Battlefield - Heugh Battery Museum 🇬🇧
The Heugh Battery Museum tells the story of the Bombardment of the Hartlepools, which took place on Wednesday 16th December 1914, when the guns of the Heugh Battery and neighbouring Lighthouse Battery were engaged in ship-to-shore combat with the German navy.
there's a lovely tearoom here too, for more information visit:-
https://www.heughbattery.co.uk/
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The strangest beach you will ever see! Dawdon Blast 🇬🇧
See where Alien 3 WAS filmed and Saving Private Ryan was NEARLY filmed, see a beach scarred with hundreds of years of dumping from housholds (Victorian and early 1900s) and industry (from Dawdon Blast Furnaces in 1800 to Dawdon Coal Mine through the 1900's to 1990).
See how nature & man can reclaim the coast.
Industrial, religious & military history all in one video! and old man moobs!
Probably the strangest beach you will ever see!
Dawdon Blast Beach AKA Noses Point , Seaham Harbour, County Durham on the East Durham Coast
00:00 intro
1:25 history
8:11 chemicals
14:33 WW2 Bunker
18:08 climbing cliffs
22:36 Abandoned Quarry
24:45 outro
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Seaton Carew Seaside Holidays 🇬🇧
Seaton Carew, famous for Arcades, Ice Cream, Fish and chips AND John Darwin faking his death in a Canoe.
Did you also know at low tide there is the remains of the hull of a shipwrecked boat? believed to be a collier brig used to ship coal.
Tea rooms, and more.
Join me as a wander about & ramble about "The good old days" When I was young & you were even younger!
for more info -
https://www.explorehartlepool.com/curations/seaton-carew/
Come with me to the mouth of the River Tees, North Gare, freezing cold, explore structures & get in trouble with the Police!
if you visit Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station, dont do what I did, go to the Visitor Centre!
https://www.explorehartlepool.com/directory/hartlepool-power-station-visitor-centre/
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High Force & Low Force Waterfalls 🇬🇧
High Force is England’s biggest waterfall, spectacularly drops 70 feet (21m) into a plunge pool below.
From its rise as a trickle, high on the heather covered fells at the top of the North Pennines, to the top of the whin sill rock at Forest -in-Teesdale, the River Tees steadily grows and gathers pace.
There are several ways to visit High Force.
A walk on the Pennine Way along the River Tees from Bowlees to the top of the falls, with the return along the same route.
A 5 mile circular walk from Bowlees Visitor Centre or High Force car park.
A longer circular walk from Middleton in Teesdale.
A short walk to the bottom of the falls from the High Force Hotel (fee payable).
High Force is a dramatic sight and along with a well-maintained car park and a picturesque picnic area, from which walkers can set off along many way marked routes; it makes an ideal place to stop for a picnic and a base for exploring Teesdale and the North Pennines by car, bike or on foot.
https://www.thisisdurham.com/things-to-do/high-force-waterfall-p26441
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St. Mary Magdalene Saxon Church Hart 🇬🇧
Dating from 675 AD. It is the oldest Church in Hartlepool and is steeped with history.
St. Mary Magdalene Church has been a place of prayer and worship for hundreds of years, with its roots dating back to the Saxon Era.
The earliest evidence of a church on the site where St. Mary Magdalene’s stands today dates to 675AD; this church would have been wooden, later being replaced by a stone building with a chancel and aisle-less nave.
During the Norman Era (11th-12th century) St. Mary Magdalene Church was held in the estates of the de Brus family and at this time it underwent major building work.
In 1120 Robert de Brus gave the Church, along with other land, as a gift to the newly founded priory in Guisborough. The Church became the possession of the Crown in the 16th C when religious foundations were forcefully taken during the dissolution of the Monasteries.
The patronage of the Church was passed on to the Bishop of Durham in 1888, and restoration work in the late 19th century and then again in the 1970s and 80s followed to preserve this beautiful and historic spiritual home for us and future generations in years to come.
https://www.hartchurch.org.uk/
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Exploring Unknown & Roman buildings - Corbridge 🇬🇧
June 2023 I went to Corbridge outside Newcastle Upon Tyne to check out some Roman Ruins in the area. theres a lot as it was the Roman Frontier, with Hadrians wall.I found this strange building work in a field, so I trecked through, but couldnt get closer due to the cows, who looked like they would trample you as they were Beef cows, and see me as a food source (feeding, not eating me haha).
Wwhat do you think they are? are they old? they look pretty new and in good shape but have grassed over.
Then I went to the Roman site of Corbridge, with evidence of both Roman Concrete & the metal clamps used in South America to hold large stones in place. I have never seen this used in roman construction before. Is it used normally? I havent been able to find any evidence of this.
What do you think? please comment below.
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Storm Swell High Tide Seaham Harbour 🇬🇧
Enjoy the combination of high tide & storm swell at North East Seaham Harbour swelling over the harbour walls.
Nature.
29/10/2023
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St Marys Well - Jesmond Newcastle Upon Tyne 🇬🇧
St. Mary’s Well, Jesmond is a pilgrimage site and scheduled monument in the heart of Jesmond, Newcastle
St Mary’s is located at The Grove, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2ES
https://www.stmaryswell.org/
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018641
https://insearchofholywellsandhealingsprings.com/2013/08/19/a-pilgrimage-to-st-marys-well-jesmond-newcastle/
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Redcar Sept 23 🇬🇧
Redcar, the victorian holiday destination where you can pay for parking in pounds and Yen.
Victoria Pier
Vertical Pier
Esplanade
Zetland Lifeboat (the oldest existing lifeboat in the world)
and a butchers (D Goodswen) established in 1786 (oldest butchers in the world?)
Memorial Garden
Mr Chinnerys Emporium
https://www.zetlandlifeboat.co.uk/
https://mrchinnerys.com/
0:00 Parking currency
1:57 oldest lifeboat
3:30 oldest butchers?
4:09 Mr Chinnerys Emporium
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