Haltwhistle History

an eclectic history of Haltwhistle and the South Tyne Valley by a local lad
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Transport Across the North Pennines from Romans to Railways                                                        (£7.50)    2007

A detailed study of transport history and related settlements: Roman roads; Anglo Saxon routeways; mediaeval markets and fairs; droving; lead dale communications; South Tyne bridges; the 1750’s Military Way and turnpikes; Lord Carlisle’s waggonways and railways on Tynedale Fell; the Newcastle and Carlisle railway and its branch lines to Allendale, Alston, and North Tynedale; the motor age and country bus services.

[desktop published in book format – 96 pages including maps and diagrams]

 

 

Haltwhistle Station: Landscape History and Industrial Archaeology                                            

(£1.50)    1998

[short booklet]

 

The Alston Arches and Bridges over the South Tyne                                                                               (£2.50)    2005

Later used as a basis for a North Pennine Heritage Trust (Nenthead) colour booklet, published in 2006 by North Pennine Heritage Trust (N.P.H.T.), Nenthead, Cumbria.

[booklet]