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Stevenage Inns

2025-02-15T17:06:27+00:00

Hostelries of all kinds developed to meet the diverse needs of an increasingly mobile population. Some catered for drovers and farmers taking their livestock to market in ...

Stevenage Inns2025-02-15T17:06:27+00:00

Burghley House

2025-02-10T09:47:03+00:00

The route of Ermine Street runs through the Burghley estate and remains a public footpath. The Great North Road ran alongside the estate as the road winds.....

Burghley House2025-02-10T09:47:03+00:00

Ferrybridge Chariot Burial

2025-01-28T15:34:16+00:00

A rare chariot burial was discovered in 2003 during the construction of the upgraded motorway intersection between the A1(M) Great North Road and the...

Ferrybridge Chariot Burial2025-01-28T15:34:16+00:00

Ferrybridge Coaching Inns

2025-01-28T15:11:07+00:00

There was a thriving cluster of coaching inns at Ferrybridge in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Famous hostelries included The Angel, The Swan and...

Ferrybridge Coaching Inns2025-01-28T15:11:07+00:00

Margaret Tudor

2024-12-20T09:55:33+00:00

Margaret Tudor was at the centre of relationships between England and Scotland. Aged 13 she made a triumphant journey to Edinburgh along the Great...

Margaret Tudor2024-12-20T09:55:33+00:00

King James I

2025-02-10T09:45:59+00:00

A 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...

King James I2025-02-10T09:45:59+00:00

Stage-coach History

2024-02-05T16:02:37+00:00

Stagecoach history is intertwined with societal changes in travel habits, technical innovation, the roots of industrial revolution, population growth and...

Stage-coach History2024-02-05T16:02:37+00:00

London Coaching Inns

2024-02-05T14:58:03+00:00

By the early 19th century there were 120 stage coach inns within a city which was far more compact than today. Many of the coach services were aligned with specific...

London Coaching Inns2024-02-05T14:58:03+00:00

Edinburgh Castle

2024-01-17T16:57:57+00:00

Edinburgh Castle is the northerly “bookend” of the Great North Road as St Paul’s Cathedral is in the south. Not strictly on the road but both...

Edinburgh Castle2024-01-17T16:57:57+00:00

Celia Fiennes

2025-02-10T09:16:38+00:00

Celia Fiennes was an early travel writer. She toured extensively through England in the late 17th century. Her diaries describe many of the towns...

Celia Fiennes2025-02-10T09:16:38+00:00
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