Northumberland Past

Adapted from the Northumberland County History: Earsdon and Horton. The district surrounding Blyth possesses coal measures overlaid ...

The map shows the areas and locations of farms in Blyth around the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, based on a 1787 and 18...

I talk about unusual incidents that draw Blyth into the English Civil War during the 17th century in a podcast for Radio Northumberland (aud...

Interactive map of Cowpen Farms (may take a few seconds to load on some devices)  or click here for stand alone larger map  On 15th...

It was a calm and pleasant morning as the day dawned on 12th August 1635. Blyth was a tiny and largely insignificant hamlet of a few fisherm...