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...
The Battle of Barnet
GNR_20202024-03-11T17:23:24+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_20202024-01-17T16:33:40+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_20202024-12-05T10:11:09+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...
Dere Street
GNR_20202025-03-20T16:04:11+00:00Dere 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...
Daniel Defoe
GNR_20202025-03-20T15:59:32+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...
Whittlesea Mere
GNR_20202024-01-17T16:27:08+00:00Until 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...
Daniel Albone
GNR_20202022-11-14T11:28:11+00:00Daniel 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...