Lord Armstrong, the Victorian industrialist who gifted Jesmond Dene to the people of Newcastle, built Cragside, near Rothbury.
There will be a Heritage Open Day at Cragside on 10th September, to which anyone with an Armstrong connection is invited to attend.
More info http://www.journallive.co.uk/lifestyle-news/newcastle-features/2011/07/25/victorian-children-revealed-61634-29111652/
The Autumn 2022 Friends of Jesmond Dene talks about the Banqueting Hall organ and our Green Flag award, among other
Funny, isn’t it, how once something becomes generally accepted it gets, well, accepted? Take Armstrong Park’s “cattle run”: according to an interpretation panel, this distinctive feature was sunk for bovine use by Victorian industrialist Lord Armstrong, writes Carlton Reid. The livestock, goes the story, were herded through this costly railway-style cutting because the route had long been used for leading cows to pasture.
