Loanend

Loanend. Part of the original estate cottages, and the Manor House.

The River Tweed and the Union Bridge.


The labourers' cottages that are still being used today.

G'day! Loanend is the birthplace of Robert Semple Cowie, 2nd son of John and Jane. It is a large farming estate located about 3 miles from Wooler, the main market town in this area of Northumbria, or "the Borders". The famous Union Bridge, a suspension bridge, spans the River Tweed with Scotland on one side, England on the other.

Each estate farmer provided his hinds with a cottage, usually rent free. These cottages still exist, but the roofs are no longer thatched, but tiled. The floors are no longer dirt.

As John and Jane's family grew, John would most likely have been contracted to the estate in Ilderton.