April 16, 2009

“Inter Sylvas et Flumina Habitans”

Morpeth,
Living amid the woods and waters…

A Coaching Stop on the London-Edinburgh route which crossed the ‘moors-path’
Alternatively called the
`Murder Path’ from the times of the border reivers (basically robber barons) (1400-1600). Somewhat akin to the Wild West.

1500s woodcut from John Skeltons Ballade of the Scottyshe Kynge
1500's woodcut from John Skelton's 'Ballade of the Scottyshe Kynge'
Unwilling host of the 2008 floods
Unwilling host of the 2008 floods

Floods in Morpeth