Northumberland Words A Glossary Of Words Used In The County Of Northumberland And On The Tyneside

Author : Oliver Heslop
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ISBN 13 : 9781331911067
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book Northumberland Words, Vol. 1 written by Oliver Heslop and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Northumberland Words, Vol. 1: A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Northumberland and on the Tyneside The district represented in this glossary includes the present county of Northumberland and that portion of the county of Durham lying on the right bank of the river Tyne from Wylam to Jarrow. Scotland is frequently regarded as a country lying entirely to the north of England. It may be well, therefore, to correct this impression by stating that Berwickshire and Roxburghshire lie on the western confines, while some of the southern counties of Scotland lie, not to the north, but to the west of Northumberland. This northernmost English county is triangular in form, measuring about forty-five miles across the base, by about sixty miles from the bottom to the top. Great upland moors connect the lofty elevation of the Cheviot Hills with the outliers of the Pennine Range, and form the western frontier of the county; and, from the head of South Tyne, the southern boundary is carried on a tract of lofty moorlands, along the high lands of Allenheads, Blanchland Moor, and Hedley, and on towards Wylam. Except in the valleys, the western and southern portions of this district are wild and desolate; and they form an effective division on the landward side. The short stretch along the river Tweed from Carham to the sea, and the equally short stretch of the river Tyne, where it becomes the southern boundary of Northumberland, form the only open frontiers on the north and south respectively. Here the great name of the kingdom of Northumberland, the home of those Angles who were settled on the north side of the river Humber, has survived. (Note I.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.