Charles I’s Time in Newcastle Under House Arrest
By Thomas Bainbridge
Being a Scot, Charles played a daily game of “goff” in Shieldfield (when it was a field). He would also partake in games of bowls, and on inclement days, chess. Charles also drank in the Old George Inn, which still has his chair.
The Madness of the Newcastle Witch Trails
The Town Under Puritan Tyranny in the 1650s
By Thomas Bainbridge
The memory of these events, however distant, casts a gruesome legacy over the town today.
Holy Cross Church, Wallsend: Echoes of Rome and Anglo-Saxon Faith
By Crasterfarian
Northumbria never truly let go of its Roman inheritance, it simply reshaped it with a Christian heart.
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