History of North East England

Journey through 1,400 years of North East England’s Christian heritage – from Holy Island to Durham Cathedral. Meet saints, reformers, and remarkable women and men while exploring vivid stories, sacred places, and a ready to follow nine-day pilgrimage route.

A fully illustrated guidebook to Northumberland, including a gazeteer, maps and more than 200 photographs

A chronological survey of the Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle from 1850 to the present day.

Embracing poetic and prose writings on philosophy, contemplation and bibliophily, key service books for the clergy, and devotional texts for the laity, this book explores the interrelated themes of literature and devotion in England from the Black Death to the Reformation as seen through the lens of twenty-six precious manuscripts in Durham University Library.

A unique guide for visitors to the many pilgrimage sites in Yorkshire and the holy people who have been associated with these places.

Translated from the #1 Danish Bestseller, this is a gritty, powerful story about the prominent role women played in the spread of Christianity in seventh-century Britain. We are drawn into a world of dark dealings, powerful patriarchy and religious wrangling...

The ornithological exploits of a remarkable Victorian priest and explorer, Canon Henry Baker Tristram. As a founding member of the BOU, his nickname was “Sacred Ibis”.

Nothing could have prepared a small group of soldiers from the Durham Light Infantry for what they discovered in April 1945, less than a month before the end of WWII in Europe. We are told the story of the infantrymen who uncovered the monstrous crimes of the Belsen concentration camp, and the traumatic effect it had on their lives.

The story of the life of St Cuthbert’s corpse, bringing together for the first time accounts of all 6 openings of his shrine, providing a unique history of the Saint from his death to the present day.

Durham Cathedral is one of the most complete sets of monastic buildings in Europe. Through its buildings and treasures we glimpse the life of this once-great monastery.

Learn the fascinating story of the construction of Durham Cathedral, built as the Shrine of St Cuthbert, and the man responsible for its construction, Prior Turgot.