Old Bishop Auckland Map

This old sepia map of the Bishop Auckland area turned up on the internet a while ago.
See if you can decipher the village names and recognise any that you know.
The nearest to the cottage is Wytton Castell (now Witton Castle) and S.Elen Auckland (now St. Helens Auckland).

Snowy Days

After a relatively mild November, the weather turned cooler towards the middle of December, and we experienced a few days of unexpected snow!

Etherley Incline Railway

Interesting pics found on the web showing the old bridge at Low Etherley where railway tracks used to run under neath, now demolished or filled in. Map shows route taken by old colliery railways.

Ten Thousand Page Views!

Today we have hit the 10,000 page view mark.

Thanks to everyone who has visited our blog and followed our cottage renovation over the past few years.