"Though of infinitely
varied surface, Northumbria is a province that very quickly reveals the secrets of its general
scheme of physical arrangement to the inquiring eye, for it is
a country almost everywhere of spacious outlooks abounding
in vantage points that command magnificent distances ; of
conspicuous landmarks in the nature of familiar and distinguished heights ; of unmistakable boundaries washed by
the ocean, by broad rushing rivers, or guarded by dark
brooding hills." Extract from "The romance of Northumberland" (Open Library)
