It was carved through the heart of rural Northumberland ... Leaving Morpeth, trains would stop at stations in Meldon, Angerton, Middleton North, Scotsgap, Knowegate, Woodburn and Reedsmouth.

Items from a recently-sold Northumberland Georgian country house designed by eminent North East architect John Dobson have been auctioned. Meldon Park in the Wansbeck valley near Morpeth was built ...