The Wells and Waters of Tynemouth
This following text is from a post on a Tynemouth History Facebook group on a topic that has been sitting fragmented in my mind for some time.… Read More »The Wells and Waters of Tynemouth
This following text is from a post on a Tynemouth History Facebook group on a topic that has been sitting fragmented in my mind for some time.… Read More »The Wells and Waters of Tynemouth
If archaeologists wanted to find something really old in the Priory, there are two key places (among others) to look at. I know that some… Read More »Something Really Old in the Priory
Hadrian’s Wall ended at Wallsend, but the frontier carried on to the sea. We’ve identified the site of Blake Chesters, the lost & forgotten camp in North Shields. The evidence includes a 1320 scroll written in Latin and references by antiquaries going back centuries.
2022 marks 1900 years since work on Hadrian’s Wall commenced in 122 AD, and this post seeks to shed light on an important question of… Read More »Where Were They? The Absence of Roman Settlement in Tynemouth