After leaving Holy Island, we are heading towards Banbury with just a couple of stops on the way. A quick stop for coffee in Alnwick, Northumberland, a visit to the famous Fountains Abbey (next post) and a night at the Station Hotel in Birstwith, North Yorkshire.
Entrance to Greenwell Lane, Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland, England UK
The George, 63 Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland, England UK
Robertson’s Fountain, Cobbles, Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland, England UK
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Pauperhaugh Bridge, River Coquet, Pauperhaugh, Longframlington, Northumberland, England UK
This is an old bridge built by the Duke of Northumberland and then adopted by the County in 1888. With its five stone arches is one of the most attractive on the Coquet and is a Grade II Listed Building.
During the months of October and November when the Coquet is in full spate, the salmon and sea trout leaping onto the stone apron and swimming with grim deternination upstream to their spawning beds can be witnessed.
Sheep, River Coquet, Pauperhaugh, Longframlington, Northumberland, England UK
River Coquet, Pauperhaugh, Longframlington, Northumberland, England UK
Church of St Mary, Studley Royal, Chair Walk, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England UK
The Church of St Mary, Studley Royal, is a Victorian Gothic Revival church built in the Early English style. It is located in the grounds of Studley Royal Park at Fountains Abbey, in North Yorkshire, England. It was commissioned by the 1st Marquess of Ripon as a memorial church to Frederick Grantham Vyner, his brother-in-law. It is one of two such churches, the other being the Church of Christ the Consoler at Skelton-on-Ure.
Frederick Vyner had been murdered by Greek bandits in 1870 in an event known as the Dilessi massacre. A significant ransom had been demanded, and in part collected, before his death. His mother, Lady Mary Vyner, and his sister, Lady Ripon, used the unspent ransom to build the two churches in his memory.
Pheasant, Fountains Abbey Grounds, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England UK
Majestic Tree, Fountains Abbey Grounds, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England UK
The Bar, The Station Hotel, Birstwith, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England UK
First View of The Abbey, Fountains Abbey, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England UK
