Steve Ellwood
@TyneSnapper
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Retired, Local Historian, Snapper, Newcastle City Guide. Author of Newcastle in 50 Buildings, River Tyne, 50 Gems of Northumberland by Amberley Publishing.
Whitley Bay, England
Joined December 2010
River Tyne, Author: Steve Ellwood. River Tyne - Amberley Publishing ( https://t.co/zIKVLsgu07) Published 2015. A trip down the North and South Tyne and onwards to the North Sea.
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Inside Northumberland castle restored to 'full splendour' for sale at £2.5million https://t.co/3E5mOpzopH
chroniclelive.co.uk
Bellister Castle in Haltwhistle has been lovingly renovated by its current owners and The National Trust, blending the modern and historic
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Guinevere's Guide to pronouncing Benwell like a local. BENwill. No wells. "Bynnewalle" 1050. May originally have been 'binnan wealle' i.e. "within the wall". It might have been referring to a spring - then "Ben" would be a person e.g. Beonna. Personally I'd go for the wall.
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This 16th-century building in Tewkesbury has seen a few changes over the years. 👀 Used as a home until the mid-19th century, the timber-framed, Grade II listed building was converted into a shop for various trades, including bakers, chairmakers, and grocers.
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Guinevere's colloquialisms. Napper. The head. Recorded 1724. Of uncertain origin.
@billy6715 He’s pissed off because he cannot find a road cone to hoy on Stephenson’s napper.
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A glum looking boy with his head in his hands sits at the foot of George Stephenson statue on Westgate Road, Newcastle c1880. The other boy has a bundle of firewood.
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A national blue plaque has been unveiled to the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, creator of 'Thomas the Tank Engine'. 🚂 The plaque at his former home, 30 Rodborough Avenue in Stroud, Gloucestershire, marks 80 years since 'The Three Railway Engines' was published.
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Spotted cleaning the Tyne Bridge #Newcastle today. Saves messing about with ladders and that.
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The story of Rievaulx from 1132 onwards is reflected in the various architectural styles of its honey coloured stonework. After the Suppression the lands were sold to the 1st Earl of Rutland who proceeded to destroy and loot many of the buildings. However, it's still magnificent.
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@TyneSnapper @ColinYoung_1 @Loos1915 @Radio2 That will be the daughter of the iconic Kathy I assume ?
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A familiar sight to many I'm sure - the Throckley Bank Top Club. Once upon a time, just over the road there was a Mechanics Institute which I guess formed the precursor to the club. It was a fairly small reading room with a max two rooms contained, so this is a pretty good
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@Loos1915 @JHCPAL @Radio2 And just while we’re on the subject, the #BBC1 national news at lunchtime said #SamFender had received his #MercuryPrize in “his home town”. So that’ll be #NorthShields then - oh, you mean #Newcastle.
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Went for a bike ride to #Newcastle today. Managed to catch a view you can only generally see at 11am-ish on a Friday morning...
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Thomas Rogers a Botanist and Naturalist died 1828 whilst ascending Helvelyn. St Patrick’s Church Patterdale
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Heritage railway's gala this weekend will celebrate museum's gift of historic locomotive. In The Journal today. @TanfieldRailway @Beamish_Museum
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John, Lord Eldon was not the only Scott brother to be associated with windows. So was William, Lord Stowell. Born 280 years ago TODAY in Heworth. His mother was sent there for safety due to ⬇️⬇️. Story is she escaped through a window in the Toon Walls, or the Dr treating her did.
#NewcastleUponTyne On this day 12th October 1745, John Sykes gives this insight when Newcastle felt threatened during the Jacobite Rebellion.
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