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'By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked, this way comes...'"Macbeth"
Welcome to the rugged North of England with its historic Cathedral cities of Newcastle, York, Chester, Durham and Carlisle. Its lonely and beautiful coastline from Whitby, landing place of Dracula, up to lonely Bamburgh Castle and the border fortress of Berwick is redolent with mysterious atmospheres. Inland the rugged Pennines are crossed by the Roman Wall - itself haunted by the ghosts of soldiers who left there two thousand years ago. The county of Cumbria is home to the Lake District - inspiration of Romantic poets and awash with strange spirits.
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Newcastle's Till Death Do Us Part ghost walk, links the past, through some of the city’s oldest buildings, tourist attractions and murder.
What is an Assizes Court? Where did the name Gallowgate come from? Was anyone hanged, drawn and quartered? How many witches were hanged on the Town Moor? Who was bastard Herring? Follow the Ghost walk and you will find the answers to these and many more questions.
Imagine being shackled to a wall in a roofless, cold and often flooded cell, overcrowded, with no segregation.
This was reality for prisoners in the Keep. From a fort to a court, the Castle Keep has a long and impressive history and also played a significant role in local justice. Described as one of the most disgraceful and primitive prisons by prison reformer John Howard the Keep, was being used as the County Gaol and the Great Hall as an Assizes Court
by the late 1400’s. Criminals wanted in Newcastle could also use the castle yard as a sanctuary to escape, as the castle was officially part of Northumberland and outside the jurisdiction of Newcastle town authorities. All the prisoners held here had received severe sentences, often death by hanging, and many were sentenced to transportation. Other punishments included whipping – very common and harsh. On Assizes Sunday the prisoners were put on public display and for sixpence you could come and ridicule them.
Newcastle upon Tyne (usually shortened to Newcastle) is a large city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the north bank of the River Tyne and was formerly the county town of Northumberland.[1] The city was founded in Roman times under the name Pons Aelius. The medieval latin name is Novum Castrum super Tynum (Newcastle upon Tyne).
After the Roman withdrawal from Britain, Newcastle became part of the powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, and was known throughout this period as Monkchester. After a series of conflicts with the Danes and the devastation north of the River Tyne inflicted by Odo of Bayeux after the 1080 rebellion against the Normans, Monkchester was all but destroyed. Because of its strategic position, Robert Curthose, son of William the Conqueror, erected a wooden castle there in 1080 and the town was henceforth known as Novum Castellum or New Castle.
Throughout the Middle Ages, Newcastle was England's northern fortress. A stone wall 25 ft high was built around the town in the 13th century, to defend it from invaders during the Border war against Scotland. The Scots king William the Lion was imprisoned in Newcastle in 1174, and Edward I brought the Stone of Scone and William Wallace south through the town. Newcastle was successfully defended against the Scots three times during the 14th century, and around this time became a county corporate.
The Castle Keep of Newcastle Upon Tyne was built by Henry II between 1168-1178, it is one of the finest surviving examples of a Norman Keep in the country.
But this Keep and its Garth have a dark past filled with bloodshed and murder. The Ghost Walk will take you through the darkness of night where you will find yourself standing on blood stained land as our tour guides talk about tails of murder and suicide.
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