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Series 5 Episode 1 - MORPETH (# 933 Visited 26/10/2024)

Northumberland, England : Population 14,698 (Rank # 693)

Season 5 opens with one of England's more historically important market towns, with a nice sideline in coal, female suffrage and comfort food.

MUSIC

Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra

The Bells Of Rhymney - The Byrds

THANKS

LNER

The staff of The Old Bakehouse, Morpeth

The Buildings of England (Northumberland) - Pevsner, N. et al

Visit the UK's 1,000 largest settlements with Alexander Rennie. For full details of both challenge and podcast, see https://forgottentowns.org