Belford & St. Cuthbert's Cave circular, North Northumberland. ©
A 9.5 mile figure of 8 walk which starts in Belford heading out on the footpath to Swinhoe Farm and up Virgin Hill to join St Cuthbert's way briefly before turning along the track through a plantation and around Copsey Hill to Holburn where you turn along the side of Greensheen hill to St. Cuthbert's cave wood. The cave is said to be a resting place for St. Cuthbert's remains on the journey from Lindisfarne to Melrose in 875 a.d. The route then goes across fields to cross the outgoing track at Swinhoe Farm and back to Belford, this time via Square wood, Craggyhall and Westhall.
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St. Cuthbert's Cave (29th May 2017)
29th May 2017
Half term holidays upon us, so I took my daughter to see St Cuthbert's Cave where I told her the story about the Lindisfarne monks who sheltered there after fleeing the Viking raids with the bones of St Cuthbert. I particularly told her the story concerning one novice monk that helped carry the bones to their eventual resting place in Durham and how he was given the name Dodd, of which all Dodd's are supposedly descended. My grandmother being a Dodd added some interest to the story.
For those who do not know the tale. The monks of Lindisfarne took shelter in what is now named St Cuthbert's cave after the viking raids. With them, they carried the bones of St Cuthbert and traveled the old kingdom of Northumberland with the bones for a number of years before finally settling at Durham. The bones are now enshrined in Durham Cathedral behind the main altar. On the search for a new home, the monks eventually just numbered four, of which at least one was a novice called Eilaf who later left service. One day the monks found themselves out in the wilds and as it was getting dark chose to set up camp. Three monks went looking for fire wood leaving the fourth in charge of the bones, valuables, and food. While the three monks were away, the fourth decided to help himself to the food supplies. When the other monks returned, he excused himself to go to the toilet in the bushes and while he was away, the 3 monks discovered his crime and prayed to God that he be punished. Just then a fox leapt from the bushes where the monk had gone and the 3 monks believed that God had punished the 4th monk by turning him into a dodd (fox). The monks prayed for Eilaf's forgiveness and he miraculously returned from the bushes as the monk they knew. From that day forth he was given the surname Dodd and all Dodds are supposedly descended from Eilaf.
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Places to see in ( Belford - UK )
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Belford is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, about halfway between Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed, a few miles inland from the east coast and just off the Great North Road, the A1. Belford is surrounded by rich pastoral farmland, and to the west of the village is found one of the better rock climbing locations in the county, Bowden Doors.
Belford is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed and is currently served by Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative). Belford is served by Northumberland County Council. The area attracts tourists and there are also a number of businesses based in Belford.
Belford Hall is a Grade I listed building, an 18th-century mansion house. The Manor of Belford was acquired by the Dixon family in 1726 and in 1752 Abraham Dixon built a mansion house in a Palladian style to a design by architect James Paine. In 1770 heiress Margaret Dixon married William Brown. Their daughter later married Newcastle upon Tyne merchant, Lt. Col. William Clark, Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Northumberland who, in 1818, remodelled the house and added two new wings, with the assistance of architect John Dobson.
An extensive park, created in the mid 18th century, retains several original features and has been designated a conservation area. An 18th-century folly in the park is a Grade II listed building. During World War II the Hall was requisitioned by the Army and thereafter became neglected and dilapidated. In the 1980s it was acquired by the Northern Heritage Trust, renovated and restored and converted to residential flats. Spindlestone Ducket Mill is located about 3 km east of Belford, and is an 18th-century tapering cylindrical stone tower with a conical roof of Welsh slate.
Westhall is a privately owned Victorian house built in the style of the castellated fortified house that it replaced on the same site. The moat that surrounded the original building can still clearly be seen. It is now in use as a farmhouse. For much of the Middle Ages, Belford was at the forefront of the ongoing border conflict between the Scots and the English and it is believed that only Well House escaped damage or destruction at the hands of Scottish raiders.
Belford was for many years a coaching stop on the main A1 road from London to Edinburgh, which passed through the village. However, in 1983 a bypass was opened, and, freed from the constant traffic and pollution, the village could hold events on the High Street and in the Market Place once again. Belford railway station opened on 29 March 1847. Freight services ceased on 7 June 1965 and the station finally closed for passenger services on 20 January 1968. However, on 8 February 2010 Northumberland County Council agreed plans to resume passenger services by constructing a new platform, access and car parking.
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