Edinburgh Castle
GNR_20202023-09-25T09:02:53+00:00Edinburgh 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...
Celia Fiennes
GNR_20202023-08-04T12:12:21+00:00Celia Fiennes was an early travel writer. She toured extensively through England in the late 17th century. Her diaries describe many of the towns...
Markham Moor – Service Station
GNR_20202023-07-23T17:49:41+00:00Few 20th century landmarks along the Great North Road are as distinctive as the concrete roofline of the former petrol filling station at Markham...
Then & Now
GNR_20202023-07-18T17:00:11+00:00"The Great North Road - Then and Now" is the title of an excellent 2013 book by lorry driver and roads enthusiast, Chris "Wolfie" Cooper. I suspect many of his loads were not...
The Battle of Barnet
GNR_20202023-07-03T16:36:26+00:00The Battle of Barnet may sound like a dispute between commuters on the Northern Line but in fact took place in 1471 and some 3,000 people died. It was one of the...
1832 Time Travel – London to York
GNR_20202023-06-29T11:58:20+00:00James Fox, alias the Time Travel Artist, includes a little gem of a video amongst his many animated history timelines. Our journey from London to York traces the route of the Great...
York Minster
GNR_20202023-10-25T17:15:30+00:00York Minster history spans two millennia and provides direct linkage from Roman times to the present. Its history parallels that of the Great North Road...
The Eleanor Crosses
GNR_20202023-05-03T15:52:19+00:00The Eleanor Crosses constructed in the 1290s to commemorate the passing of the queen were prominent landmarks alongside the Great North Road at Grantham...
Daniel Defoe
GNR_20202023-08-03T12:28:09+00:00Daniel 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...