Hotels in Northumberland


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About Northumberland

Once part of the Roman Empire and the scene of many wars between England and Scotland, Northumberland has a long and complicated history. This explains the many castles in Northumberland, including among the better-known those at Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh, Warkworth and Alnwick.

The region of present-day Northumberland once formed the core of the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria. Northumberland is called the "cradle of Christianity" in England because it was on Lindisfarne, a tidal island north of Bamburgh, also called Holy Island, that Christianity flourished when monks from Iona were sent to convert the English. Lindisfarne was the home of the Lindisfarne Gospels and Saint Cuthbert, who is buried at Durham Cathedral.

Bamburgh Castle is the historic capital of Northumberland, the "royal" castle from before the unification of England under one monarch. The capital of Northumberland now, however, may be thought to be the market town of Alnwick, mainly because the Duke of Northumberland has his home there; or may be thought of as Morpeth, since Northumberland County Council's offices are in that town.

Northampton is the most populous district in England not to be a unitary authority, which it failed to obtain in the 1990s local government reform.


Chesters Roman Fort (Hadrian`s Wall) - Northumberland

Chesters Roman Fort (Hadrian`s Wall) - Northumberland

Chesters was one of the series of troop bases added to Hadrian’s Wall soon after it was built C. AD122-123. It is the best preserved example of a Roman cavalry fort in Britain. It seems to have been occupied for nearly three centuries, with several changes of garrison during that time.There is much to see on the ground: the four principal gateways are well preserved, the east and west with short lengths of Hadrian’s Wall adjoining them. The entire foundation of the headquarters building is visible, with a courtyard, hall, regimental chapel and strongroom clearly laid out.The military bath house is extremely well preserved, with changing room, latrines and bathing rooms, as is the Roman bridge abutment on the bank of the river.

 

Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens - Northumberland

Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens - Northumberland

The vast, magnificent garden at Belsay Hall, listed Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens, is largely the work of two related men. Sir Charles Monck designed the dramatic Quarry Garden – a series of ravines, corridors and pinnacles, and his grandson, Sir Arthur Middleton, enriched it with all manner of rare and exotic plants. Species of rhododendrons flower for most of the year here and there is also a large Hybrid Rhododendron Garden, in full bloom from late May/June. Then there are the formal terraces and winter garden. Belsay is definitely a plantsman’s garden and much of the original planting survives, including magnificent magnolias, Pieris floribunda and Exochorda giraldii.

 
 

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