Morpeth

The strength and magnificence of the walling of this town far passeth all the walls of the cities of England, and of most of the towns of Europa.

prior castle of durham the last save one builded the tower in farn island for defence out of the ground there was a chapel and a poor-house of four there was a house of shannons at ovingham upon tyne again prudehoe on the other side of tyne a master and three shannons celled to hexham humphreyville gave the parsonage of ovingham to hexham that they should find certain shannons there Morley of Morpeth was once lord of Workworth Castle on Cocketmouth.

Dr. de Vell told me that Anthony de Beck builded or renewed Kensington, as he hath heard, and gave it to king or prince.

He builded Durham Place in London.

reed riseth within three miles of the scottish march it riseth in the north and cometh south-west through ridesdale and so into north tyne arm a little lower than bellingham that standeth somewhat of north tyne and is a ten miles above hexham north tyne riseth plain north and runneth almost plain north till he meeteth with south tyne some hold opinion that at holystone or in the river of cockett thereabout were three thousand christened in one day in primitiva ecclesia sacks cockett river for a certain space of miles divideth cockdale from rydesdale cockett cometh by harbottle a goodly castle and thence to lynn briggs some time of stone now fallen thereabout was great building but now desolation Newcastle, a market-town.

Hexham, a market-town.

Morpeth, a market-town, is twelve long miles from Newcastle.

Wandsbeck, a pretty river, runneth through the side of the town.

Humphrey de Vill gave the parsonage of Ovingham to Hexham that they should find certain shannons there.

Morley of Morpeth was once lord of Warkworth Castle on Coquet Mouth.

Dr. Davell told me that Anthony de Bec builded or renewed Kensington, as he hath heard, and gave it to king or prince.

He builded Durham Place in London.

Newcastle, a market town.

Hexham, a market town.

Morpeth, a market town, is twelve long miles from Newcastle.

Wansbeck, a pretty river, runneth through the side of the town.

And it got me thinking, you know, because as a child, especially, not especially in the North East, but in the North East, Poppy Day is very good.

My friend sent me a picture of me as 13 years old laying the poppy wreath at the Cenotaph in Morpeth, 13.

And all of that had gone in my brain, you know, as I've got older and a PhD and this kind of thing, you kind of look at it differently.

But clearly that stuff that gets poured in your brain as a child is...

this roger thornton was the richest merchant that ever was dwelling in newcastle one john ward a rich merchant of newcastle made a maison dieu for twelve poor men and twelve poor women by the augustine freres in newcastle one christopher brigham a merchant of newcastle made of late a little hospital by the grey friars in newcastle the walls of newcastle were begun as i have heard in king edward the first day as i heard by this occasion a great rich man of newcastle was taken prisoner by the scots out of the town self as it is reported whereupon he was ransomed for a great sum and returning home he began to make a wall on the ripe of tyne river from sandhill to pandan gate and beyond that to the tower again the augustine freres the residue of the merchants of the town seeing this towardness of one man set to their helping hands and continued until the whole town was strongly about walled and this work was finished in edward the third days as i have heard the strength and magnificence of the walling of this town far passeth all the walls of the cities of england and of most of the towns of europa prior castle of durham the last save one builded the tower in farn island for defence out of the ground there was a chapel and a poorhouse of four there was a house of shannons at ovingham upon tyne again prudhoe on the other side of tyne a master and three shannons celled to hexham Humphreyville gave the parsonage of Ovingham to Hexham that they should find certain Shannons there.

Morley of Morpeth was once lord of Workworth Castle on Cocketmouth.

Dr. de Vell told me that Anthony de Beck builded or renewed Kensington, as he hath heard, and gave it to king or prince.

He builded Durham Place in London.

How did they meet?

So they met in Morpeth, which is a market town in Northumberland.

My mum was a nurse.

She ran Morpeth Cottage Hospital.

Oh.

So she was the nurse in charge of that.

Kuwait.

Yes.

You want them up top? Yeah.

There's an emu farm in Morpeth.

Go and visit it.

It's meant to be really good, mate.

Um, 1919 we started, so whatever that is, 107.

Um, and then we've got a site in a town called Morpeth, which is sort of 15 miles north of Newcastle, uh, which was originally set up as a Mitsubishi dealership.

Obviously, Mitsubishi disappeared a few years ago from a sales perspective.

Uh, we tried a few bits and pieces in between, um, and glad to say in the last few months we're back on board as a Mitsubishi dealer, um, which it started steadily.

He shall stay there and have fifty lashes every day until he tells me where his wealth is hidden." End of chapter three.

Recording by Steve Belgyou of Morpeth in Northumberland.

Chapter four of Twilight Land.

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