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Ebchester
Ebchester is a village in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Consett and Shotley Bridge. It also sits to the south east of Whittonstall and the hamlet (place), hamlet of Newlands, Northumberland, Newlands. Running north east to south west along the A694, Ebchester consists of ''Low Westwood'', Ebchester itself and East Law. The village proper sits at the intersection of the A694, which runs from Consett to Swalwell, and the B6309, which connects the A696 north of Belsay and runs through Whittonstall and Newlands, across the River Derwent, North East England, River Derwent (forming a border between ''County Durham'' and Northumberland), up ''Chare Bank'' then through Ebchester itself then past Medomsley into the A691 immediately south of the village of Leadgate, County Durham, Leadgate. Chopwell and ''Blackhall Mill'' lie to the north, on the opposite side of the ''River Derwent''. To the north east of Ebchester lies Derwentc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vindomora
Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain (''Britannia Inferior''). Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester () in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne. History Vindomora is situated in between the forts of Corstopitum ( Corbridge) and Bywell to the north/west north, and Longovicium ( Lanchester) to the south. It is located on Dere Street, the main Roman road linking Eboracum (York) with Hadrian's Wall and its surrounding areas. Its position also protected the river Derwent. It is about south of Hadrian's wall, and was built at the foot of a long descent, sloping towards the north, scattered along the edge of a still deeper declivity, which overhangs the green low-lying meadow of the river valley of the Derwent. The name Vindomora has been mistakenly understood to signify in Latin "The edge of the Black Moor", perhaps due to the resembla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebchester Railway Station
Ebchester railway station served the village of Ebchester, County Durham County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne an ..., England from 1867 to 1963 on the Derwent Valley Railway. History The station opened on 2 December 1867 by the North Eastern Railway. It was situated on the east side of Ebchester Hill on the B6309. The site of the station had a large station yard and worker's cottages. It closed to passengers on 21 September 1953. and to goods traffic on 11 November 1963. References External links Disused railway stations in County Durham Former North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953 1867 establishments in England 1953 disestablishments in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newlands, Northumberland
Newlands is a Hamlet (place), hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shotley Low Quarter, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is north of Ebchester and south of Whittonstall on the B6309, which follows the route of the ancient Ancient Rome, Roman road of Watling Street. It is situated north of the River Derwent, North East England, River Derwent (forming a border between ''County Durham'' and Northumberland). The nearest large settlement is Consett to the south west. In 1951 the parish had a population of 71. The hamlet consists mainly of a group of closely located farmhouses on a road called ''Fine Lane'', west of and coming off the B6309. The derelict ''Marley Tiles'' factory sits on the B6309 itself, currently subject to a planning application for 109 homes. A second batch of houses and rental shalets known as ''Newlands Lodges'' sit at the point where the B6309 crosses the River Derwent and climbs ''Chare Bank'' into Ebchester where it meets and cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æbbe Of Coldingham
Æbbe, also called Tabbs, ( – 683) was an Anglian abbess and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia from to 616. She founded monasteries at Ebchester and St Abb's Head near Coldingham in Scotland. Life Early life Æbbe was the daughter of King Æthelfrith of Bernicia and Acha of Deira. Her brothers were Oswald of Northumbria and Oswiu. Æthelfrith invaded the neighbouring kingdom of Deira in 604, and deposed the heir, Acha's brother Edwin, who fled into exile. Æthelfrith was the first Bernician king to also rule Deira, giving him an important place in the history of the later Kingdom of Northumbria. Edwin took refuge in the court of King Rædwald of East Anglia, and with his support in 616, raised an army against Æthelfrith. Edwin's forces defeated and killed Æthelfrith, and Edwin gained the throne of Bernicia and Deira. The kingdom was no longer safe for Æthelfrith's children, as they presented potential rival claims to Edwin's rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medomsley
Medomsley is a village in County Durham, England. It is about northeast of the centre of Consett, south of Hamsterley and southeast of Ebchester along the B6309. Leadgate lies a further mile to the south east. Medomsley is about above sea level, atop a hill overlooking the Derwent Valley. The village has views of the Pennines and the surrounding countryside for miles around. Toponym The Boldon Book of 1183 records Medomsley as ''Medomesley''. The '' Vita S Godrici'', written in 1190, records it as ''Madmeslei''. The placename is derived from Old English and may mean the “middlemost clearing” or “Maethhelm’s clearing”. Parish church The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalene is a sandstone building completed in the 13th century. In 1878 it was restored to designs by the architects HJ Austin, RJ Johnson and WS Hicks, who added a new roof, chancel screen (designed by Hicks) and north aisle. It is a Grade I listed building. Medomsley's church serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shotley Bridge
Shotley Bridge is a village, adjoining the town of Consett to the south in County Durham, England, 15 miles northwest of Durham, England, Durham. It is located on the A694 road (Great Britain), A694 road starting from Consett and Blackhill, Consett, Blackhill to the south, then continuing north east to East Law, Ebchester and onward to Swalwell within the borough of Gateshead. Shotley Bridge sits beside the River Derwent, North East England, River Derwent which is crossed by the bridge giving the name. A small portion sits on the far bank of the River Derwent to the north west within the county of Northumberland. and along a side road to the west of the Kings Head Social Club and right off the A694 sits the hamlet of ''Shotley Grove''. Shotley Bridge was once the heart of Britain's Sword making, swordmaking industry. History There were formerly several Ford (crossing), fords over the River Derwent, North East England, River Derwent near this place and in medieval time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whittonstall
Whittonstall is a hilltop village (altitude 252 metres or 826 feet above sea level) in the civil parish of Shotley Low Quarter, in Northumberland, England. Description It is situated between Hexham and Consett, to the south of the River Tyne and north of the River Derwent. Newlands, Northumberland is one and a half miles to the south. Broomley is a mile to the north. A minor road turns west at the north end of the village, crossing the A68 after two miles and eventually reaching the village of Slaley near Hexham. Whittonstall was formerly a chapelry and chapelry in the parish of Bywell-St. Peter, in 1866 Whittonstall became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Shotley Low Quarter. In 1951 the parish had a population of 127. The most notable local landmarks are ''The Anchor Inn'', a public house (pictured in the information box) and the chapel of ''St. Philip and St. James'' set back off the B6309 road (following the route o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Law
East Law is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated on the A694 to the north of Consett and north east of Shotley Bridge. It is located south west of Ebchester, of which it can be (probably mistakenly) considered an outlying part. Derwent Hill, a Georgian mansion built in 1820, was the residence of the Quaker and engineer Edwin Octavius Tregelles. He moved there after his marriage to Elizabeth Richardson in 1850 and left in 1877. Elizabeth was the sister of Jonathan Richardson, of Shotley Park, founder of the Derwent Iron Company (later the Consett Iron Company). The farm buildings at West Law (to the south of East Law) built in the late 17th century are listed buildings. The River Derwent flows south west to north east in the valley to the village's south west, forming a border with neighbouring Northumberland Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coldingham Priory
Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks. It lies on the south-east coast of Scotland, in the village of Coldingham, Berwickshire. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham in 1098, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100. The first prior of Coldingham is on record by the year 1147, although it is likely that the foundation was much earlier. The earlier monastery at Coldingham was founded by St Æbbe sometime c. AD 640. Although the monastery was largely destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, some remains of the priory exist, the choir of which forms the present parish church of Coldingham and is serviced by the Church of Scotland. Early Middle Ages St Æbbe the Elder Early life Æbbe was born c. AD 615 into both royal houses of Northumbria, the daughter of King Æthelfrith of Bernicia, (the first k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unitary Authorities Of England
In England, a unitary authority or unitary council is a type of local authority responsible for all local government services in an area. They combine the functions of a non-metropolitan county council and a non-metropolitan district council, which elsewhere in England provide two tiers of local government. The district that is governed by a unitary authority is commonly referred to as a unitary authority area or unitary area. The terms unitary district and, for those which are coterminous with a county, unitary county are also sometimes used. The term unitary authority is also sometimes used to refer to the area governed, such as in the ISO 3166-2:GB standard defining a taxonomy for subdivisions of the UK, and in colloquial usage. Unitary authorities are constituted under the Local Government Act 1992, which amended the Local Government Act 1972 to allow the existence of non-metropolitan counties that do not have multiple districts. Most were established during the 1990s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (50927 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. Ancient Rome began as an Italic peoples, Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian peninsula. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength. It eventually controlled the Italian Peninsula, assimilating the Greece, Greek culture of southern Italy (Magna Graecia) and the Etruscans, Etruscan culture, and then became the dominant power in the Mediterranean region and parts of Europe. At its hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Conquest Of England
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror. William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne. Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September 1066 and was victorious at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September, but Godwinson's army defeated and killed Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September. Three days later on 28 September, William's invasion force of thousands of men and hundreds of ships landed at Pevensey in Sussex in southern England. Harold marched south to oppose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
