Brinkburn Priory [Map]. Interior.

Brinkburn Priory [Map]. Grave Slabs.

Brinkburn Priory [Map]. Windows.

Brinkburn Priory [Map]. Doors.

Brinkburn Priory [Map]. Exterior.

Around 1135 Brinkburn Priory [Map] was founded as an Augustinian priory by William Bertram, Baron of Mitford next to the River Coquet.

Around 1180 Brinkburn Priory [Map] became an independent house, and the building of the monastic church was commenced.

After 29 Nov 1483 Bishop William Dudley (age 58) was buried at Brinkburn Priory [Map]. His gravestone was found during reconstruction work in the 19th Century.

In 1536 Brinkburn Priory [Map] was dissolved falling into the category of those with an income of less than £200 each year; in 1535 the priory's value had been recorded as £69. After the dissolution the estate was mainly owned by the Fenwick family.

After 26 Mar 1888. Brinkburn Priory [Map]. Grave of Cadogan Hodgson Cadogan (deceased).

Cadogan Hodgson Cadogan: In 1827 he was born to William Hodgson Cadogan. On 21 Dec 1847 he and Isabella Mary Smith were married. On 26 Mar 1888 he died.

In 1983 Brinkburn Priory [Map] was used as the location for the Edmund Blackadder's consecration at Canterbury Cathedral in Blackadder Series 1 Episode 1.

The River Coquet rises around Chew Green [Map] from where it flows past Makendon Northumberland [Map], Blindburn [Map], Barrow Burn [Map], Shillmoor [Map], Linshiels [Map], Alwinton [Map], Harbottle Castle [Map], Sharperton [Map], Holystone [Map], Hepple [Map], Thropton [Map], Rothbury [Map], Pauperhaugh [Map], Brinkburn Priory [Map], Weldon Bridge [Map], Felton [Map], Guyzance [Map] before passing under the bridge at Warkworth Bridge [Map] and reaching the North Sea at Amble [Map].

The Devil's Causeway is a Roman Road from the Portgate [Map], where it crossed Dere Street, to Berwick on Tweed [Map]. It passes through Great Whittingham [Map], Hartburn [Map], where it crosses the Hart Burn, Netherwitton [Map], Longhorsley [Map], Brinkburn Priory [Map], whereit crosses the River Coquet, north of North End [Map], Edlingham [Map] to Learchild Roman Fort [Map] where another road headed west to meet Dere Street at Bremenium [Map] aka High Rochester. The road then continues north passing Glanton [Map], Powburn [Map], where it crosses the River Till aka Breamish, the site of the Battle of Hedgeley Moor [Map], Newtown [Map], East Horton [Map], Lowick [Map], Berrington [Map] before reaching Berwick on Tweed [Map].