Ninebanks is a small village in south west Northumberland, England in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Alston by road.

[3] Isaac Holden, was born at Redheugh, Mohope around 1804 and baptised nearby at St Mark's Church, Ninebanks in 1805.

His working life began in the lead mines of Mohope and the West Allen, later on he became an itinerant tea seller around the North Pennines.

It was a livelihood he combined with community fund raising by selling poems, tracts and even his own portrait.

The stone-built hearse house can still be seen past St Mark's Church and the old school at Ninebanks and on the same side of the road to Carrshield.