| Roman Wall |
1997-04-06 |
A major five-year dig got under way at Vindolanda. The ?500,000 programme would boost tourism and employment by excavating more of the Roman fort. |
| Roman Wall |
1997-05-02 |
It was proposed to give the Once Brewed Visitor Centre a ?20,000 revamp. |
| Roman Wall |
1998-08-08 |
After a strip of turf left for the Queen to walk upon during her visit to Vindolanda was taken up, a 3rd century AD Roman altar was discovered just below the ground. It was the largest and most complete altar ever discovered on the site. |
| Roman Wall |
1999-07-31 |
A Roman silver plate, buried in the riverbank in Corbridge was found by two young girls in 1735. One girl?s father sold it to a blacksmith in Newcastle, having no idea of its true value. It remained in a private collection until it was sold to the British Museum in 1993. The plate was returned to the Corbridge Museum in 1999. |
| Roman Wall |
1999-10-02 |
A new footbridge over the River Irthing at Gilsland won a prestigious award from the Royal Institute of British Architects. |
| Roman Wall |
2001-06-10 |
A ?20,000 cash injection from the Countryside Agency secured the future of the bus service linking communities along Hadrian?s Wall. |
| Roman Wall |
2003-05-17 |
The ?6 million Hadrian?s Wall National Trail between Bowness on Solway and Wallsend was officially opened. |
| Roman Wall |
2005-10-21 |
Les Gibson, who runs the old BT repeater station at Grindon, now a hostel and caf?, is poised to make the most of passing trade from Hadrian?s Wall. |
| Roman Wall |
2007-03-02 |
Stephen Letch re-thatched with heather Causeway House, on the Stanegate, the last surviving farmhouse in Northumberland to have a roof thatched in heather. |
| Roman Wall |
2011-08-19 |
The 19th century Housesteads Farmhouse has been transformed into a luxury holiday cottage. John Clayton, who built the farmhouse, used the front room as an office. |
| Rural Topics |
1888-05-03 |
The Archdeacon of Northumberland called for the appointment of two trim mission clergymen, on mountain ponies, to support priests in remote areas of the Deanery of Bellingham. |
| Rural Topics |
1890-01-04 |
(HH) Advertisement for Handyside?s Consumption Cure. Cf. 29/03/1890. |
| Rural Topics |
1890-06-07 |
(HH) Continuing decrease in the water level in the reservoir at Hallington for the Newcastle water supply. |
| Rural Topics |
1890-07-19 |
(HH) Article on Photography in Colours. |
| Rural Topics |
1891-04-25 |
The Co-operative Society opened a flour mill at Dunston. |
| Rural Topics |
1891-12-12 |
(HH) The electric chair was used in America on wife murderer Loppy. |
| Rural Topics |
1892-09-10 |
(HH) Article on the Vale of Whittingham by W.C.G. |
| Rural Topics |
1894-07-07 |
(HH) Sheep shearing by machinery was demonstrated at Westwater Farm near Langholm. |
| Rural Topics |
1895-09-14 |
An article on the origin and history of Church organs. |
| Rural Topics |
1895-06-22 |
(HH) A new season of otter hunting began in Redewater and the North Tyne. |
