Villages by the Sea

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9:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Monday 17 February

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Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits Alnmouth, Northumberland, which was founded in the mid-12th century after the barons of nearby Alnwick obtained a charter from King John to build a new village. It had a market and a small port and the village flourished - so much so that by the mid-1700s, Alnmouth's grain export started to play an integral role in feeding the growing English population