Ferrybridge Chariot Burial
GNR_20202025-04-13T09:18:01+00:00A 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 Coaching Inns
GNR_20202025-01-28T15:11:07+00:00There was a thriving cluster of coaching inns at Ferrybridge in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Famous hostelries included The Angel, The Swan and...
Margaret Tudor
GNR_20202024-12-20T09:55:33+00:00Margaret Tudor was at the centre of relationships between England and Scotland. Aged 13 she made a triumphant journey to Edinburgh along the Great...
King James I
GNR_20202025-02-10T09:45:59+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...
Stage-coach History
GNR_20202024-02-05T16:02:37+00:00Stagecoach history is intertwined with societal changes in travel habits, technical innovation, the roots of industrial revolution, population growth and...
London Coaching Inns
GNR_20202025-02-20T09:07:32+00:00By 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...
Edinburgh Castle
GNR_20202024-01-17T16:57:57+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_20202025-07-05T17:02:08+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_20202025-04-29T14:15:35+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...