Northumberland's Military Heritage Storey Neil R. Paperback
Northumberland's Military Heritage Storey Neil R. Paperback The military heritage of Northumberland is without doubt one of the richest in all the British Isles. Hadrian's Wall stretches along the…
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Northumberland's Military Heritage Storey Neil R. Paperback
The military heritage of Northumberland is without doubt one of the richest in all the British Isles. Hadrian's Wall stretches along the south of the county and is dotted with forts, garrisons and fortified settlements along its length. By nature of it being England's most northern county, its borders have seen many bloody clashes and battles since the earliest times.
There were clashes with the Scots for centuries and from the thirteenth century and for 400 years afterwards there were border raids by reivers. The first Viking raid was carried out upon Lindisfarne in 793. The Battle of Newburn in 1640 was one of the flashpoints that led to the English Civil War, and many a noble Northumberland family was ruined in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.
It is hardly surprising that within the boundaries of the county there can be found more castles than anywhere else in Britain and, as a breed
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