Shield Close and Crook's Altar (Tragedy scene) by drone. Weardale, Co Durham. Abandoned places UK.
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2018
- Flight from the road next to West Rigg cut, Wesgate, across the wounded landscape to Shield Close then back over the fields to Crook's Altar, scene of a terrible tragedy.
Thanks to Christine Ruskin for the story of the shooting.
Music:
Standing up.
By Borrtex.
Hi again, I managed to get Christine Ruskin’s book today from the library. It’s a fantastic book and not only does it have a lot of Raine’s in that area there’s also a few other names I could be related to? Reed, Wearmouth etc this is going to take my research into the area much further than I first thought 😀 thanks again
Christine is an absolute mine of information on the area and its history. I flew the drone from her garden one day to try to see if we could find an old boundary. Such a lovely, friendly lady she must have done a huge amount of research to produce that book. She wrote a second one about the bread ovens built into many of the homes in Weardale. If you’re doing some research, a very useful tool is Durham county councils “Keys to the past” website which has interactive maps that can be reset to different eras, back as far as the 1800s. Good luck with your search.
@@assessorjohn Thank you very much John that’s really nice of you , I appreciate that 😀👍
Fantastic to see where my ancestors came from sitting on the other side of the world. My Great Grandmother Elizabeth Hannah Raine (1873-1943) was born at Crook's Altar and was spirited away to New Zealand by her Grandparents in 1881 due to a cruel step-mother. Other members of the family followed and there were those who were already there. I have some photos from Crook's Altar of the various families there prior to her departure from about the 1860's.
Wow! It's always lovely to hear from people with a real attachment to these places. If I'd had this information before I edited the video I would have loved to have included it. I got most of my information from a book by Christine Ruskin called 'The Disappearing farms of Weardale' She mentions John Raine 1841 and Thomas Raine 1907. Is there any chance you could send me copies of the pictures? I'm sure Christine would love them too. My email is Plumberjohnis@gmail.com Stay safe :)
Hi there, I got a big shock when I discovered my mother’s family came from here aswell, and seeing this footage is amazing. My mother was called Marjorie Raine b.1926 and she told me about ancestors in Weardale and I’ve been putting the pieces together through ancestry when I stumbled upon the name John Raine of crooks altar (the profile photo has ‘Crooks altar the original Raine farm homestead’. I’m going to have a look up there at the end of this month as we live up the road in Durham 😊
@@assessorjohn Thank you so much for putting this footage on here , I only discovered this a couple of days ago and I’m really pleased to find a connection I can actually visit. Years ago my mother told me about ancestors in weardale on her father’s side (James William Raine b.1890 )she didn’t seem to know exactly where they were and it’s a shame she never got to find out but thank you once again 😊
Where would I be without my friend Mr John Twist aerial flights of beautiful Britain. My answer to relaxing with visual stunning videography and awesome music. I loved this footage John.
At around 0.27 as you followed the rough track road (I am guessing probably an old horse and cart highway in its day?) the road goes off in the distance as far as the eye can see. I am amazed how these old roads still exist today. Almost like time has forgotten them. Very sad story with this video. how dreadful. Every house has its secrets but this one certainly was a shocker. I now think to my self this house must have been abandoned for a long time. I am guessing no electricity or gas or anything for that matter. Oh my lord so many questions lol. Thank you John for another wonderful historical video with such a beautiful landscape. 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👌
Thank you so much Kim, it's great that a few people are enjoying them. There are quite a few of those roads in the dales all over the North of England and many of them are still public rights of way, of course you'd need a wheel drive to actually use them. There have been numerous tragedies too with drownings, infant mortality deaths at a very young age but I know very little about them. The story of Crooks Altar in this video was told to me by Christine Ruskin (author of The Disappearing farms of Weardale) who also provided details of the location, or I wouldn't have even known it was there.
Kim - Discovering History if i get my bearings right that track goes all the way over to middlehope lodge...i think
that is a very sad story and while he was with his mother, very sad.
Awesome work what bird are you flying?
Thank you very much for watching and leaving a comment. I'm flying the DJI Phantom 4 pro
I can't find any information on the shooting other than this vid.
I got it from a book by Christine Ruskin - The Disappearing Farms of Weardale.