Just passing by on a rare visit to X. New book City of York by Dave Simpson from Tangled Worm 👉https://t.co/PmX4ULc4nq👈 274 pages 447 colour images/maps. York history. Visit York. Yorkshire. Romans, Vikings, Northumbrian saints, Civil War, York Minster and the odd ghost or two!
New. Comprehensive guide book to the City of York by Dave Simpson 274 pp 440+ colour photos. 16 colour maps. ISBN 978-1-874617-07-5 published by Tangled Worm. Order your book here: 👇https://t.co/1MkvlDiNxZ York. Eboracum. Jorvik. Yorkshire.
More liberties and shires of the North. Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham beyond. Should probably get @TangledWorm to put together some kind of Historical Atlas of the North. Maybe with a pre-publishing subscription? Drop me a message if interested.
North East river map mugs by Tangled Worm. River Tyne. River Wear. River Tees. Teesdale to Teesside. Weardale to Wearside. Tynedale to Tyneside. Available here https://t.co/zfm8MItOJ5
Saddler Street Durham was historically called Fleshergate meaning Flesh-hewers’ street (butchers). At the centre are the Magdalene Steps. The short street to the left leading to Elvet Bridge was historically called Souter Peth (shoemakers’ street). Peth is an interesting word.
Cross Fell, the highest Pennine hill, viewed from the Eden valley on the Cumberland side of the Pennines. The Tees and South Tyne both begin their journey at this hill. It is also the source of the Crowdundle Beck, part of the historic boundary between Westmorland and Cumberland.
Winter’s Gibbet, near Elsdon, Redesdale, Northumberland. The body of a certain William Winter was hung here, following execution at Westgate, Newcastle in 1791. Winter was executed for the murder of an old woman, called Margaret Crozier, who lived nearby. https://t.co/SVDwV6bP8F
New. Comprehensive guide book to the City of York by Dave Simpson 274 pp 440+ colour photos. 16 colour maps. ISBN 978-1-874617-07-5 published by Tangled Worm. Order your book here: https://t.co/1MkvlDiNxZ York. Eboracum. Jorvik. Yorkshire.
The new Bishop of Durham, Rick Simpson, has been presented with the Conyers Falchion (a Durham Cathedral treasure) on the banks of the Tees. The presentation ceremony is interlinked with the fabulous tangled legend of the Sockburn Worm. A thread from England’s North East
New Bishop of Durham Rick Simpson presented with the Conyers Falchion in the traditional ceremony held on the banks of the Tees. In legend the falchion was used in the slaying of the SOCKBURN WORM. A weavy-wormy THREAD 1 of 12
Northern history map prints by Tangled Worm 👉 https://t.co/PWG8sh2j9d Viking Northumbria; North East Collieries; The Roman North; Castles; Civil War; Northumberland; Durham
Researching my book on the City of York, I was struck by how York's origins are often a boar - a wild boar to be exact. Firstly it is well-known the Anglo-Saxon name for York 'Eoforwic' means 'wild boar settlement' an interpretation of the Roman name Eboracum. A thread. 1/6
Check out our new book on York. A handy guide to the history of York including over four-hundred colour photographs and sixteen maps. Available from Tangled Worm books 👉 https://t.co/bBjmh6GPRX
Goodmanham, in Yorkshire’s East Riding where Coifi, the pagan high priest of Deira is thought to have destroyed the great heathen temple. He renounced his pagan beliefs and converted to Christianity, in AD 627, following the conversion his king and master, Edwin of Northumbria.
My new book on York includes lots of connections to North East England. The Community of St Cuthbert held a large portion of York; Jonathan Martin, a Northumbrian arsonist tried to burn York Minster down; George Hudson, York’s corrupt ‘Railway King’ was an MP for Sunderland etc.