Footpath
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Footpath and Culvert Bridge
The bridge here is part of a restored footpath that is at least 200 years old. The bridge crosses a stream from which a culvert can be seen.
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| Culvert photograph courtesy of Paul Fountain. Aad Man’s Bridge photograph courtesy of Alan Wright |
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Activity
Look at the photograph of the culvert.
What is this culvert made of?
How old do you think it is?
There are several culverts in Chopwell Wood. What were they for?
The culvert is made of bricks and stone and covered in earth.
The culvert is probably about 200 years old.
Culverts were built to carry streams under paths without building a bridge.
Activity
The photograph was taken in 1908. The bridge has since been restored, but it still known as the Aad Man’s Bridge,
Aad is a Geordie word for old. It is sometimes spelt “auld” or “ald”
Many Geordie words are Scandinavian in origin; some were taken from the Norwegian language when the Vikings invaded.
Do you know what these Geordie words mean?
| Alreet alright | Hinny honey (endearment) |
| Bairn child | Howay come on |
| Canny good / careful | Leazes meadow, belonging to a town |
| Cuddy horse / pony | mazer an eccentric person |
| Clarts mud | Nah no |
| Clag stick | Stottie a type of bread |
| Divvent don’t | Spuggy sparrow |
| Doon down | Tatie potato |
| Fettle condition | Toon town |
| Gannin yem going home | Wag truant from school |
| Hacky dirty | Wey-aye why of course |
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