Counties of the UK: Northumberland

 
 

This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the Counties of the UK in alphabetical order to check out things of interest.  I hope you enjoy it

 

Location – On the border with Scotland – top right. And borders the North Sea.

 

Origin of name – it comes from meaning the land north of the river Humber.

 

 

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County seat – Bamburgh

 

 

Flower – Bloody Crane's Bill

 

Signature foods – Craster kippers, Singin' Hinnies, Earl Grey tea, Ham & Pease Pudding Stotties

 

Famous places to visit – Seahouses (fishing village), Cheviot Hills, Warkworth Castle, Hadrian's Wall, Hexham Abbey, Alnwick (Hogwarts setting), Berwick-upon-Tweed (most northerly town in England), Battle of Flodden Field

 

 

Famous people from Northumberland – Bobby and Jack Charlton, Thomas Addison (of Addison's Disease), Capability Brown (landscape designer), George Stephenson (railways), Sting (of the Police)

 

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