Aye I remember that from yonks ago. We'd use it in the context of someone being stressed.

See 'climbing the ladda'

I don't know that one !

A picture of Dean Village, Edinburgh popped up on my timeline on X. I wondered if it were dean meaning valley as in Dean St and Jesmond Dene (same word, different spellings.)

A quick Google - Yes !!

Guinevere's Dialect. Uppaheight. Used as I do to indicate height/ position in relation thereto. Also though means mood - stressed etc. We didn't use it like that though I know many do.

I found out today that Pyrex was made in Sunderland. I had no idea.

Something to add to the (very long) list of the North East's contributions to the world.

I've been n the SE more than half my life. My accent has largely gone. However it returns when I cross the Tyne. By doing this on here/ X, I realise though that more remains. It's the sentence structure,the words that I use. It's still there - if you know what to look for (or rather listen to. )

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Described as being "common on heaths" and when spoken with the burr sounds "like the dying croak of an expired raven". 🤣

Were there craa crooks growing in the crook of land with crows & coal ?

Truly a tangle of words.

More on craw......& soft fruit, which longstanding followers know must be approached with caution...😉

A craa crook is a local name for the black crowberry. What's that ??? The Empetrum nigrum. I had to Google.

Heslop says "craw" was an outcrop of thin strata of coal. I find that interesting given Crawcrook was indeed in the middle of the coal field. 🤔

I am absolutely NOT saying that Crawcrook means a "nook of land with coal" but that is actually what it was!

Funny that.

Guinevere's guide to pronouncing place names in the ancient Kingdom of Northumbria like a local.
Crawcrook is craa crook. Recorded as Crawcrok(e) 1183, "the nook of land frequented by crows". Nook? Isn't that a haugh ? Yes, but here a crook, a bend in the course of the Tyne. 🧵

Guinevere's Dialect. Corvid edition.
Craw, craa - the rook & a crow
Corby craw/craa,corbies - the crow.
Corby is Scottish from French. 1st recorded 1500 applying to a raven. Craw is a variant of crow & is 1500's Middle English.
Craw/craa have lots of non bird meanings too.....

Then there was Crumbstan, Langestand & Meggestand - practically the same as now.

"The names of the islands ...are of ancient origins: some...are recorded in the 9th century."
Inner Farne was Farne.
Staple island - Stapheleland
Nth & Sty Wamses - Binae Wawmes ( the two Wawmes)
Big/Little Cars - Harecarres.
Pre 1690 Brownsman was Fossland from 9thC Fossheland.

A map of the Farnes, from the 1956 edition of A Guide to the Farnes by TR Goddard.

Some interesting words....
Shad - shallow.
Car - NOT the Norse derived marsh! It's an insulated* rock - Celtic origins. *To make into an island by surrounding with water.
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I remember that from before. It's not a common name at all. Have you/ they done a family tree to see how far they can get back / where it originates? The odds are .....

Bridges across the Tyne, photo by Sally Ann Norman.

Guinevere's Guide to pronouncing Northumbrian place names like a local. Matfen is indeed a fen (wetland) but it's not a fen sound. It's more a fin/fun/f'n depending on accent. Recorded as Matefen 1159, Mata's fen ( a person ).

Guinevere's Dialect. Skinchies. OED - in children's games : a term used to call for a truce or claim temporary immunity. 1st recorded 1894. Northern English. I'm sure we used to say "skinchies , no returnees", though when & how I cannot remember. It was a long time ago !

This sums it up nicely.

Yup. My thoughts too.

My thoughts too.

Likewise. I was surprised when I saw it!

Guinevere's Dialect.
Complete the sentence....
"Not XX old as "....do you say 'as', or 'so' ?

Notwithstanding my long exile I remain resolutely "as".

Map from Upton, Sanderson & Widdowson, 1987.

Lilac Way
Framed acrylic on box board
Now at Fiona Dane Gallery, Craster
fionsdane.com/craster

Then of course what does 'Aln', as in the river mean. Recorded as Alauna c700 & Alne c731. To flow/to stream. It's the same "root" as the River Allen.

Guinevere's Guide to pronouncing Northumbrian place names like a local. Alnwick is Anick. Silent l & w. Not to be confused with Anick "up the Tyne" which is Ainick ( rhymes with hay,ray.)Then there is Alnmouth which is Aln mouth. No silent l and a mouth. All perfectly obvious...😉

Tynemouth Station, North Shields, all lit up, photo by north-east England photographer Sophie Henderson. First opened in 1882.

In the gaelic sense ?