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Title: Northumberland Yesterday and To-day

Author: Jean F. Terry

Release date: February 1, 2004 [eBook #11124]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

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Northumberland Yesterday and To-day

by Jean F. Terry, L.L.A.

(St. Andrews), 1913.

To Sir Francis Douglas Blake,
this book is inscribed in admiration of
an eminent Northumbrian.

Contents

INTRODUCTORY.
NORTHUMBERLAND YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY
CHAPTER I. The Coast of Northumberland
CHAPTER II. North and South Tyne
CHAPTER III. Down the Tyne
CHAPTER IV. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
CHAPTER V. Elswick and its Founder
CHAPTER VI. The Cheviots
CHAPTER VII. The Roman Wall
CHAPTER VIII. Some Northumbrian Streams
CHAPTER IX. Drum and Trumpet
CHAPTER X. Tales and Legends
CHAPTER XI. Ballads and Poems
Illustration: Bamburgh Castle.

Bamburgh Castle.

List of Illustrations

Bamburgh Castle. From photograph by J.P. Gibson, Hexham
The Priory, Tynemouth. From photograph by T.H. Dickinson, Sheriff Hill
Untitled
Hexham Abbey from North West. From photograph by J.P. Gibson, Hexham
The River Tyne at Newcastle (showing Swing Bridge Open).
Untitled
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Untitled
North Gateway, Housesteads and Roman Wall. From photograph by J.P. Gibson, Hexham
Untitled
Alnwick Castle. From photograph by J.P. Gibson, Hexham
The Wreck of the “Forfarshire”. From illustration kindly lent by B. Rowland Hill, Newcastle
Drawing of boat
Sketch Map Of Northumberland. From a Drawing by C.H. Abbey