Hinds & Bondagers in Lowick, Northumberland circa 1906 [photo – Mrs Hetha Bruce, Lowick] Back in 2015 I featured a post about the life of the Bondager in rural S.E.Scotland. For family historians it was a fascinating and tough lifestyle and following a recent project I was involved in, I’d like to revisit the topic […]
Month: April 2024
Hot Trod into Liddesdale
Here’s a tale that’s got pretty much all the elements which made the Border Reivers so infamous in the 16th century. Cross-border cattle stealing in Northumberland by classic reiver names, hot trod, and an end in Liddesdale where murder and revenge are cruelly meted out. Lonely Pundershaw farm today deep in the heart of Kielder […]