Defensive Northumberland by Colin Alexander
Thousands of years before the Romans and the Venerable Bede, Northumberland was a landscape of hilltop forts, many of which can be traced today. Military order was imposed on the region by Hadrian's legionaries, who built the 73-mile northern frontier of the Roman Empire across the county. Through the Dark Ages and into Medieval times, the kingdom of Northumbria was governed from massive castles, and the constant threat of the Border Reivers is evidenced in the masonry of fortified farmhouses, pele towers and churches. There are 600 recognised pele towers in England, stretching as far south as Norfolk and Cornwall; 258 of the 600 are in Northumberland.At the end of the border warfare, the magnificent castles became either romantic ruins or stately homes, while Britain's east coast needed more modern defences against new, foreign enemies. With a fascinating array of images, Colin Alexander tells the defensive story of England's border county, Northumberland, from prehistory to modern times.
Colin Alexander has been a railway enthusiast for more than thirty years and volunteered on preserved Deltic locomotives. He was born in Northumberland, and has a life-long passion for local and transport history, sparked by his mother’s copy of The King’s England – Northumberland. Appreciative of the county’s unique place geographically and historically, he has explored most of its once-inhabited hilltops and its mediaeval castles, and walked the length of its greatest defensive monument – Hadrian’s Wall. He lives in Whitley Bay.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781445672281 |
| ISBN 10 | 1445672286 |
| Title | Defensive Northumberland |
| Author | Colin Alexander |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Amberley Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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