#northumbria — Public Fediverse posts

"Scarborough Fair" (#Roud 12, #Child 2) is a traditional Northern English #ballad. The song lists a number of #impossibleTasks given to a former lover who lives in #ScarboroughNorthYorkshire. The "Scarborough/Whittingham Fair" variant was most common in Yorkshire and #Northumbria, where it was sung to various melodies, often using #DorianMode, with refrains resembling "#parsley, #sage, #rosemary and #thyme".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BakWVXHSug

Osric, king of #Northumbria, died OTD in 729 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Today is the feast day of John of Beverley, an English bishop active in the kingdom of #Northumbria in the early 8th century https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Today is the feast day of Wilfrid; born a Northumbrian noble, he studied at Lindisfarne, Canterbury, Gaul, and Rome, returning to #Northumbria around 660 he became abbot of a new monastery at Ripon https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel

Æthelred I was the king of #Northumbria from 774 to 779 and again from 790 until he was murdered OTD in 796 in Corbridge by a group of conspiring nobles https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

King Edwin of #Northumbria was converted to Christianity OTD in 627 by Paulinus, bishop of York https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Today is the feast day of Æthelburh of Kent, an early Anglo-Saxon queen consort of #Northumbria, the second wife of King Edwin https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Ælla, who died OTD in 867, was King of #Northumbria; according to the Norse sagas he captured the semi-legendary Swedish-Danish Viking leader Ragnar Lodbrok and put him to death in a pit of snakes https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Today is the feast day of Alkmund of Derby; exiled from #Northumbria for over 20 years due to dynastic struggles, he returned with an army but was killed https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Today is the feast day of Saint Ecgberht, early 8th century an Anglo-Saxon monk of #Northumbria and Bishop of Lindisfarne https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Taken this day, 2011, the gorgeous Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/5483521962/in/photostream/lightbox/

#architecture #history #histoire #BamburghCastle #Castle #Chateau #photography #photographie #BlackAndWhitePhotography #NorthernEngland #Northumbria

Taken this day, 2011, "I heard the ripple washing in the reeds..."
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/5497409269/in/photostream/lightbox/

Flooded area next to Bamburgh Castle, which put me in mind of Tennyson's Morte d'Arthur. For some reason this is one of my most viewed pics on Flickr (186,000 +)

#photography #photographie
#Northumbria #BamburghCastle #MorteDArthur

"Scarborough Fair" (#Roud 12, #Child 2) is a traditional Northern English #ballad. The song lists a number of #impossibleTasks given to a former lover who lives in #ScarboroughNorthYorkshire. The "Scarborough/Whittingham Fair" variant was most common in Yorkshire and #Northumbria, where it was sung to various melodies, often using #DorianMode, with refrains resembling "#parsley, #sage, #rosemary and #thyme".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY-TNeJ_gJM

💧⚠️ A #Northumbria University expert warns that bottled #water isn't as pure as marketing suggests, with 2025 #research finding high bacterial contamination and studies detecting tens of thousands of #plastic particles per liter in some products.

Unlike tap water which faces strict daily monitoring, bottled water is regulated as packaged #food with less frequent testing, potentially exposing consumers to #microplastics, chemical leaching, and hormone-disrupting compounds from plastic containers.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/bottled-water-isnt-as-pure-as-you-might-think-expert-warns

#health #safety #pollution #science #chemistry

Lindisfarne
#photography #Lindisfarne #Northumbria

Today is the feast day of Eanflæd, mid-7th century Deiran princess, queen of #Northumbria and later, the abbess of an influential Christian monastery in Whitby, #England https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #history

Anglo-Saxon monk Cedd, who died OTD in 664, was born in the kingdom of #Northumbria and brought up on the island of Lindisfarne by Aidan of the Irish Church https://toilet-guru.com/blog/19.html?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Anglo-Saxon monk Cedd, who died OTD in 664, was born in the kingdom of #Northumbria and brought up on the island of Lindisfarne by Aidan of the Irish Church https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Today on the Orthodox calendar is the commemoration of the Translation of the relics of Saint Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne and Enlightener of #Northumbria https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Northumbria Police Seize Union Jack Flag from 16-Year-Old Girl at Newcastle UKIP Rally http://dlvr.it/TNMflt #BreakingNews #UK #Uncategorized #Northumbria

Ælfwald I of #Northumbria was murdered, probably at Chesters, by ealdorman Sicga OTD in 788 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain

Ælfwald I of #Northumbria was murdered, probably at Chesters, by ealdorman Sicga OTD in 788 https://toilet-guru.com/blog/19.html?s=mb #travel #Britain

Today is the feast day of Hieu, a 7th century abbess in #Northumbria https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

Today is the feast day of Waltheof, Earl of #Northumbria https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/hadrians-wall/?s=mb #travel #Britain #history

#ukcountrypic #photography #mastogpt #northumbria #howickhall #naturetrail #woodlandwalk #greenery #alnwick #england #unitedkingdom

Taken Jun 2015

This image captures a lush, green woodland path surrounded by tall trees and dense foliage, with sunlight filtering through the leafy canopy. The narrow, grassy trail invites a peaceful walk through the serene, natural landscape.