Medieval Transport
GNR_20202022-01-16T14:31:40+00:00Knowledge of medieval transport is decidedly patchy. There are precious few maps before that of Ogilby in the 17th century so we have to piece together the picture from...
King James I
GNR_20202022-01-15T18:39:25+00:00A meandering but triumphant journey south along the Great North Road marked the start of the reign of King James I in 1603. It was his first visit to England...
Road Building Revolution
GNR_20202021-05-17T09:07:35+00:00The growth of turnpikes after 1700 started to provide funding for investment but it was the road building revolution of the late 18th and the 19th centuries which...
Edmund Boulter
GNR_20202021-05-08T09:03:10+00:00Edmund Boulter was a wealthy businessman and member of parliament who left his mark on the Great North Road. His properties came to include Wimpole and...
St Paul’s Cathedral
GNR_20202021-04-08T17:27:34+00:00Saint Paul's Cathedral is not “on” the Great North Road – more one of its “bookends”. However, whether you define the London end of the road...
River Aire
GNR_20202021-02-22T12:49:25+00:00The coaches of the Great North Road and todays vehicles on the A1 cross the River Aire at Ferrybridge. The Roman crossing was further west, by ford across the...
Angel of the North
GNR_20202021-02-25T17:46:13+00:00The Angel of the North arose alongside the Great North Road in February 1998. The 20m high steel statue was deliberately sized and sited to be visible to those travelling...
River Wharfe
GNR_20202021-02-19T17:18:16+00:00The river flows for 65 miles before joining the River Ouse. Its source is in the centre of the Yorkshire Dales National Park - where Oughtershaw Beck and...