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The Eleanor Crosses

2024-01-16T11:19:38+00:00

The Eleanor Crosses constructed in the 1290s to commemorate the passing of the queen were prominent landmarks alongside the Great North Road at Grantham...

The Eleanor Crosses2024-01-16T11:19:38+00:00

Dere Street

2024-02-08T15:15:22+00:00

Dere Street is the name generally used to describe the Roman road leading from York to the Firth of Forth. It was constructed by the military to secure the colonisation...

Dere Street2024-02-08T15:15:22+00:00

Daniel Defoe

2023-08-03T12:28:09+00:00

Daniel Defoe was an early travel writer who wrote with descriptive detail about what he saw. Most of the towns and cities along the Great North Road are recorded...

Daniel Defoe2023-08-03T12:28:09+00:00

Whittlesea Mere

2024-01-17T16:27:08+00:00

Until the 1850s Whittlesea Mere was one of the largest lakes in England. It had long been a rich source of fish and wildfowl – and by the 18th century it was also attracting...

Whittlesea Mere2024-01-17T16:27:08+00:00

Daniel Albone

2022-11-14T11:28:11+00:00

Daniel Albone’s family ran the Ongley Arms pub alongside the Great North Road in Biggleswade, just south of the bridge over the River Ivel.  He became an entrepreneurial designer...

Daniel Albone2022-11-14T11:28:11+00:00

Edinburgh Coaching Inns

2024-02-05T14:32:21+00:00

Arguably it was the Great North Road and the development of coaching services which was the precursor to the emergence of coaching inns and hotels in Edinburgh...

Edinburgh Coaching Inns2024-02-05T14:32:21+00:00

York Coaching Inns

2024-02-05T14:33:44+00:00

York coaching inns flourished and had a major impact on the economic fortunes of the city for 200 years. The high point was after the road improvements associated...

York Coaching Inns2024-02-05T14:33:44+00:00

The Rushey Inn, Babworth

2024-01-16T17:55:17+00:00

Many coaching inns are long gone, falling victim to the ravages of time, changing habits and road widening. The Rushey Inn at Babworth near Retford has been...

The Rushey Inn, Babworth2024-01-16T17:55:17+00:00

The Angel Inn, Grantham

2024-01-17T09:20:28+00:00

The Angel Inn traces its roots back to a hostel built in 1203 by the Knights Templar; this was a military/religious order which supported those fighting the Crusades or...

The Angel Inn, Grantham2024-01-17T09:20:28+00:00

The George, Stamford

2024-02-05T14:34:53+00:00

The George at Stamford vies with the Angel at Grantham as the country’s oldest surviving coaching inn. Its distinctive wooden arch over the Great North Road...

The George, Stamford2024-02-05T14:34:53+00:00
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