Baker Perkins
GNR_20202025-04-29T14:33:50+00:00Engineering company, Baker Perkins, operated an overnight Great North Road trunker service between its factories at Peterborough and on Tyneside...
Ermine Street
GNR_20202025-05-23T11:19:04+00:00The southern section of Ermine Street aligns closely with the Old North Road, merging with Great North Road near Godmanchester, before heading eastwards...
Lindisfarne
GNR_20202024-04-03T17:17:55+00:00The Holy Island of Lindisfarne lies 4 miles from the Great North Road between Berwick and Newcastle. The Northumberland coast is magnificent, and Lindisfarne is...
Buckden Palace
GNR_20202023-06-27T11:36:01+00:00Buckden Palace sits directly alongside the Great North Road. In medieval times it straddled the road in Buckden with the Bishop’s Palace and Little Park to...
Dick Turpin
GNR_20202025-05-19T08:54:54+00:00Dick Turpin, the “Flying Highwayman”, was famed for his bravery, resolution and generosity. A scoundrel and a thief but also a gentleman who minimised any...
Medieval Transport
GNR_20202026-01-13T14:44:21+00:00Knowledge of medieval transport is decidedly patchy. There are precious few maps before that of Ogilby in the 17th century so we have to piece together the picture from...
Road Building Revolution
GNR_20202024-02-05T14:40:15+00:00The growth of turnpikes after 1700 started to provide funding for investment but it was the road building revolution of the late 18th and the 19th centuries which...
Edmund Boulter
GNR_20202024-01-16T17:25:00+00:00Edmund Boulter was a wealthy businessman and member of parliament who left his mark on the Great North Road. His properties came to include Wimpole and...
St Paul’s Cathedral
GNR_20202024-01-16T17:15:23+00:00Saint Paul's Cathedral is not “on” the Great North Road – more one of its “bookends”. However, whether you define the London end of the road...