IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
The Old Orchard, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE20 9UE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to The Old Orchard, NE20 9UE by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (101 Images Found)
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Distance
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Eland Lane, Ponteland
Forming part of National Cycle Network, route 10 (the "Reivers Cycle Route").
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 28 Nov 2013
0.05 miles
2
Log beside Eland Lane
Passing allotments on Eland Lane in Ponteland.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 19 Dec 2022
0.06 miles
4
Elland Lane
River Pont (a burn) is in the trees on the left.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 1 Oct 2015
0.08 miles
5
Along Eland Lane
Looking along Eland Lane leading out of Ponteland.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 19 Dec 2022
0.09 miles
7
Cycle route sign on Eland Lane
Looking north along Eland Lane in Ponteland.
Image: © DS Pugh
Taken: 19 Dec 2022
0.10 miles
8
Churchyard, St Mary's Church, Ponteland
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 24 Sep 2010
0.10 miles
9
The Blackbird Inn, Ponteland
The left side incorporates the ruins of a medieval fortified tower. It was occupied by the Earls of Athol in C14th (their story is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_II_Strathbogie,_Earl_of_Atholl ), was raided by the Scots in 1388, and rebuilt in the C17th. It fell into ruins and was roofless until 1935, when it was restored and built into the inn http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Details?PRN=N10991
Newcastle Libraries has a photo from c1910 here http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4075476849/in/set-72157622716905976/
There is said to be a hidden tunnel starting behind the fireplace, in the tunnel room of the Inn, to either St Mary's Church on the opposite side of North Street or to the Vicar's Pele. The place has a long history and there are undoubtedly a few skeletons in the cupboards.
Before the castle, the site was a knoll in the marshes, thought to be the location of the signing of a peace treaty between Henry III of England and Alexander of Scotland in 1242. At the negotiations a marriage was planned between Alexander's eldest son and Henry's eldest daughter, although they were only aged 3 and 4 respectively at the time.
http://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/Ponteland.html
The Blackbird Inn is a Grade II* Listed Building (List Entry Number: 1042690): https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1042690
Ponteland Castle on Gatehouse: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2770.html
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 24 Sep 2010
0.11 miles
10
The Blackbird in Ponteland
An historic inn.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 16 Nov 2018
0.11 miles