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THE LATEST NEWS, UPDATES AND INSPIRATION FROM THE MATFEN HALL ESTATE.

The Golden Age of Northumbria: Bede, Saints and Learning

  • By Matfen Hall
  • | Northumberland |

There was a time, long before Oxford and Cambridge, when the brightest minds in Europe looked north. In the eighth century, while much of the continent lay in shadow after the fall of Rome, a quiet brilliance flickered along the North Sea coast of England. In windswept monasteries at Wearmouth and Jarrow, monks copied books, calculated eclipses and wrote histories that would outlast kingdoms. This was the golden age of...

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Christmas Is Served – Festive Afternoon Tea at Matfen Hall

  • By Matfen Hall
  • | Dine |
  • | Seasonal Celebrations |

The fields and forests are gilded with frost and the first snow is in the air - winter is on its way to Northumberland, heralding the season of glad tidings, good cheer and so much to enjoy.  This year, why not take a moment away from the hustle and bustle of Christmas and treat yourself to an afternoon of pure, unhurried indulgence at Northumberland's only 5 star hotel.    Festive...

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Christianity At The Edge: Lindisfarne and St Cuthbert

  • By Matfen Hall
  • | Northumberland |

Few places in Britain carry their history as quietly yet as powerfully as the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. From the mainland, it appears as a low stretch of green framed by sea and sky, with a castle on its crag and the soft red ruins of an abbey at its heart. But when the tide withdraws and the causeway is revealed, the island draws travellers across like pilgrims. The noise...

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