Emperor Hadrian
GNR_20202024-01-16T15:18:37+00:00Hadrian visited Britain in the summer of AD 122 as part of his first major tour of the provinces. His primary concern was to to neutralise threats to.....
De Havilland – Hatfield
GNR_20202024-01-16T12:50:22+00:00Many who travelled the Great North Road during the 20th Century will recall the latest De Havilland prototypes being flown above and around Hatfield – and.....
E M Forster
GNR_20202020-11-08T20:42:22+00:00The writer Edward Morgan Forster lived at Rooks Nest House near Stevenage between the ages of 4 and 14. His time there had a lasting impact on him. In.....
Henry Royce
GNR_20202024-01-16T11:37:58+00:00Sir Henry Royce, a founding partner in Rolls Royce, was born at Alwalton in 1863 where his father was the miller. When the family business failed, they moved.....
Isaac Newton
GNR_20202023-07-29T11:07:37+00:00Isaac Newton was born on 25th December 1642 at Woolsthorpe close to the Great North Road near Colsterworth. Woolsthorpe Manor is now a National Trust.....
George Brown
GNR_20202020-11-06T17:39:41+00:00George Brown was test rider for Vincent in their heyday and in 1961 took the Standing Start Kilometre World Record for up to 1000cc machines with an.....