Seaham

Perhaps "good 'ol Teddy" never forgot or forgave the Saturday in 1890 when, as Prince of Wales, he'd gone to Sunderland to launch a ship at Seaham Harbour and 2,000 subjects had turned up to cheer him – only to learn that just a couple of miles up the coast that same afternoon more than 21,000 were watching Sunderland play Blackburn Rovers.

Royalty has finally become wedded to the national sporting obsession | Frank Keating 2011

Metal detecting enthusiast David Scott, 64, found the trumpet brooch, dating back to AD200, in 2000 on one of his hunts on a friend's farm in Seaham.

Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

Metal detecting enthusiast David Scott, 64, found the trumpet brooch, dating back to AD200, in 2000 on one of his hunts on a friend's farm in Seaham.

Treasure Trove! Jan 2008

Amongst the Constituencies MacDonald represented was the old Seaham seat, where I grew up.

That Was The Century That Was... Harry Barnes 2006

Amongst the Constituencies MacDonald represented was the old Seaham seat, where I grew up.

Archive 2006-10-01 Harry Barnes 2006

She was born in 1792, and passed her early years chiefly on her father's estates of Halnaby, near Darlington, Yorkshire, and Seaham, in Durham.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

_Hebrew Melodies_ (published April 1815), begun at Seaham in

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

After the ceremony and breakfast, the young couple left Seaham for Sir Ralph's seat at Halnaby.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

When an offer of service was made to her, some years since, by a person residing on the Northumberland coast, the service she asked was that a pebble might be sent her from the beach at Seaham, to be made into a brooch, and worn for love of the old place.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

On January 2, 1815, Lord Byron was married to Miss Milbanke, and during the honeymoon, while he was residing at Seaham, the residence of his father-in-law Sir Ralph Milbanke, he wrote to Murray desiring him to make occasional enquiry at his chambers in the Albany to see if they were kept in proper order.

A Publisher and His Friends Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1911