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...
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...
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...
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...
Whittlesea Mere
GNR_20202023-08-04T12:04:06+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...
Edinburgh Coaching Inns
GNR_20202023-03-30T16:18:53+00:00Arguably it was the Great North Road and the development of coaching services which was the precursor to the emergence of coaching inns and hotels in Edinburgh...
York Coaching Inns
GNR_20202022-10-21T08:10:05+00:00York coaching inns flourished and had a major impact on the economic fortunes of the city for 200 years. The high point was after the road improvements associated...