Title: Landscape Change: The Case of Two Pennine Villages Series: Newcastle University Doctoral Thesis, School of History Studies 2014 Author: Sheila Coralie Newton Pages: 266 Investigate...
Linear Walk from Rookhope
Stanhope Walk: Linear Walk From Rookhope Length: 5 miles Ascent: 600 feet Time: 2.50 hours Map: Explorer 307 Consett & Derwent reservoir Start: Take the bus to Rookhope from Stanhope...
Baking The Daily Bread
Baking The Daily Bread – Weardale’s Bread Ovens: Bread ovens, built into the wall of many Weardale houses from medieval times onwards, are one of the unsung features of the...
Deer and Deer Farming in Medieval England
Title: Deer and Deer Farming in Medieval England Series: British Agricultural History Society Author: Jean Birrell Pages: 15 Analyses the "farming" of deer in the deer parks established and...
Waterfalls of Weardale
Q Why has Weardale got so many waterfalls? A Its geology. 300 million years ago the North Pennines, which were then located near the equator, were covered alternately by shallow...