. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . has imparted so intense an first resident in this hermitage is said to have been a member of the Bertram family,who, to expiate the double murder of his rival brother and faithless fair one, renounced allintercourse with the world, and here devoted himself to a life of abstinence and solitude. Warkworth Castle continued, for several ages, to be a favourite residence of the Percyfamily; the Earls of Northumberland usua
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . has imparted so intense an first resident in this hermitage is said to have been a member of the Bertram family,who, to expiate the double murder of his rival brother and faithless fair one, renounced allintercourse with the world, and here devoted himself to a life of abstinence and solitude. Warkworth Castle continued, for several ages, to be a favourite residence of the Percyfamily; the Earls of Northumberland usually residing here, when circumstances requiredtheir presence in this county. Alnwick Castle appears to have been used rather as amilitary fortress, than as the palace and domestic abode of the Northumbrian lord. SCOTSWOOD BRIDGE—NORTHUMBERLAND. Scotswood Suspension-bridge, erected over the river Tyne, about three miles aboveNewcastle, was begun in August, 1829, and opened, with great ceremony, on Tuesday, the12th of April, 1831. The design was furnished by Mr. Green, architect, of Newcastle;under whose direction and superintendence the works were ^TAIf
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