The Yorke family, who lived here for over 250 years, hardly ever threw anything away. There are 30,000 objects to view! An estate of 12,000 acres with a Grade 1 listed garden.
Parys Mountain dominated the world's copper market during the 1780s, when the mine was the largest in Europe. That's the recent history but excavations have shown it was mined for copper ore in the early Bronze Age, as shown by sub-surface debris nearly 4,000 years old.
A boom town that became the centre of a vast global trade in copper ore. The harbour inlet became a busy port and significant shipbuilding and ship repair centre.
With views across the Menai Strait to the mountains of Snowdonia. There is a mural by Whistler in the Dining Room, and the first articulated wooden leg, designed for the 1st Marquess of Anglesey.
Built bewtwwen 1817 AND 1825 for Sir Walter Scott.
Anglo Saxon citadel to Norman stronghold. The first castle in England to fall to gunpowder.
Crossing the Tweed twixt Scotland and England, Pat standing with one foot in each. Designed for horse drawn vehicles it is the oldest vehicle-carrying suspension bridge in the world.
Whchever direction one is travelling this is still the border twixt England and Scotland but we've lost the pic that shows Scotland!
a 13th century, Grade 1 Star-listed stronghold in Northumberland, famed for action and battles. Said to be one of the most haunted castles in England. Every horrific instrument of torture is on display together with thousands of other ancient, old and not so old items that could furnish a dozen National Trust houses.
A mile off the coast between Seahouses and Bamburgh. St Cuthbert lived and died on Inner Farne - 7th Century. 21 species of bird breed there; 84,000 breeding pairs or so we were told. Puffins, Razorbills, Cormorants etc. Grey seals, 2500 pups borne annually - again we didn't count. Grace Darling country.
Floors Castle is the largest inhabited house in Scotland. As a dwelling it has few rivals in the UK. Whilst it is a visitor attraction it is first and foremost a beloved family home to the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe.
Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island. It has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; being an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne. The island was originally home to a monastery which was destroyed during the Viking invasions but re-established as a priory following the Norman conquest of England.
A 16th century castle much altered In 1901 when it was refurbished in the Arts and Crafts style by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The walled garden, which had originally been the garrison's vegetable plot, was designed by Lutyens' long-time friend and collaborator, Gertrude Jekyll.
Mellerstain is one of Robert Adam’s finest works and one of the most beautiful houses in Scotland.
A colourful fishing village with a bustling harbour. The sea trips to the Farne Islands leave from Seahouses.
A magnificent 16th century castle set within the beautiful Lauderdale Estate in the Scottish Borders. Historic home of the Duke of Lauderdale, the Castle is one of the oldest and finest in Scotland. 'One of the finest' puts it on equal footing with all the others we visited on this trip.
We have been before as our Northern Progress gallery shows. We went by/through on the way to Seaton on the first part of our journey home.
a place of great theatricality, drama and mischief even if one of Sir John Vanbrugh’s smallest country houses. In an age notorious for extremes of behaviour, the 'Gay Delavals'stood apart as the most notorious of all Georgian partygoers and pranksters.
The furniture is on the ceiling - designed to confuse those who had imbibed too much.
