Rothbury

Rothbury is a town in Northumberland, located on the River Coquet near the Simonside Hills and the Northumberland National Park, about 25 miles north of Newcastle.

The first mention of Rothbury, according to a local history, was in around 1100 AD, as Routhebiria, or "Routha's town" ("Hrotha", according to Beckensall). An Anglican cross in the town's church is the only surviving pre-conquest remains. The town was retained as a crown possession after the conquest, being made over to the lords of Warkworth in 1204. Rothbury was a relatively important town in Coquetdale, being a crossroads situated on a ford of the river Coquet, with turnpike roads leading to Newcastle upon Tyne, Alnwick, Hexham and Morpeth. It was chartered as a market town in 1291, and became a centre for dealing in cattle and wool for the surrounding villages.
Description harvested from Rothbury - Wikipedia

Thanks also goes out to Rothbury.co.uk and its Rothbury Heritage Trail which has enabled me to put a name to most of the buildings in the photographs.

The Bridges and River Coquet

All Saints Parish Church

All Saints Parish Church is an ancient place of worship with the Gospel having been preached here for some 1,200 years. A lot more information here.

Parish Hall
The Parish Hall was built in 1908. More information here.

Rothbury Boys School

Church House
Once again, more information here.

War Memorial

Market Cross

The Market Cross, erected to the memory of Lord & Lady Armstrong, was unveiled on August 2nd 1902 by Sir Lowthian Bell, Lord Armstrong's oldest friend. More information.

Donkin's Lamp

Rothbury House

Known as the "County" Rothbury House was originally named "Rothbury Hotel" and opened in 1789 as a private hotel and is now owned and managed as a convalescent home by the Royal Air Forces Association. More information.

Model Buildings

A terrace known as Model Buildings because they represented 'state of the art' workers' housing of the 1890's.

Town Foot

High Street

Church Street

Panoramic Photgraphs

The first is looking west towards Simonside and the second is most of Rothbury looking from the south side of the river Coquet.

More Information:

• Northumberland Communities > Rothbury
• Rothbury.co.uk
• Rothbury.net
• All Saints Church, Rothbury, Northumberland. Panoramic photos taken inside of the Church.
• A series of videos featuring Rothbury on YouTube:
  From the Haugh to Rothbury Bridge, Parish Church, Hall and House, The Jubilee Hall in Bridge Street, The High Street, Heading West and Market Square.