Mobscooter's Pictures of Blanchland

Blanchland 2006

A view from the White Monk Tearoom.

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Blanchland

Camera Make: FUJIFILM Model: FinePix S7000

Terrace in Blanchland

The village as we see it today was largely the work of the Lord Crewe Trustees, who built many of the village cottages from stone scavenged from the old abbey buildings.

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Blanchland, Street Scenes, English Cottages

Camera Make: FUJIFILM Model: FinePix S7000

Blanchland Lord Crewe Arms

The Lord Crewe Arms dates back to the 12th century. Here, the Jacobite Rebellion leader General Tom Foster hid behind the inn’s great fireplace in 1715. The Lord Crewe Arms is said to be haunted by the ghost of Dorothy Forster, who waits for the return of her brother Tom from exile in France.

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Blanchland, Pubs And Inns

Camera Make: FUJIFILM Model: FinePix S7000

Blanchland Gate House

Abbey gatehouse, built around 1500, is now the village shop. The village was a centre for lead mining from the 19th century, but the last mine closed in 1986.

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Blanchland, Buildings and Structures

Camera Make: FUJIFILM Model: FinePix S7000

Blanchland view

Blanchland was formed out of the medieval Blanchland Abbey. It is a conservation village, largely built of stone from the remains of the 12th-century Abbey. It features picturesque houses, set against a backdrop of deep woods and open moors.

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Blanchland, Village Scenes, Northumberland

Camera Make: Canon Model: Canon EOS 550D