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The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… all, with the church-yard, about fourteen acres; and of a farm at Mordon-moor-house, in the parish of Sedgefield, …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… 4. Barmpton (and Skirmingham); 5. Whessoe and Beaumont-hill; 6. Sadberge 1; 7. Morton 1; 8. Cotham-Mundeville 1, … mark for forty acres. Adam de Selby holds the demesne on farm, with a stock of two ploughs and two harrows, and with … the younger 23. (Lowther's estate was probably Beamond-hill, then included in Haughton Constablery.) The Church Is a …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… are still traces of deep trenches round the base of the hill: this was probably the exact site of the old … admirably with Lambarde's derivation of Sacbeorh, the Hill of Plees, or the Court upon the Hill 2; and such … suit of court from three to three weeks, and double fee-farm for relief; and he, with his neighbours, holds on this …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… an open green, on the Southern slope of a dry limestone-hill, commanding a rich and varied prospect to the South and … it is backed by higher grounds, particularly by Shackleton-hill, now planted to its summit. The elevation is very … lands on which the rents are charged are part of Farnless-farm, belonging to Robert Surtees, of Mainsforth, Esq. The …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Gent. (in Northumberland); Thomas Wilkinson, of Alice-hill; John Proud, of Maiden-Rideing; William Bowman, John …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… sculpture fixed in the wall of Mr. Ward's house at Nesham-hill top, which seems to represent the Marys weeping at the … purchased High and Low Pattman, Carr, and Crossbank-hill, of John Burnett, Gent. 13 Sept. 1660. Will of John …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… villages of Billquay, Heworth Shore, Felling Shore, Carr Hill, and Windy Nook 3. Jarrow 4. The remains of the ancient … The church and mouldering monastic walls on the green hill, sloping to the bay, the long silvery expanse of water, … road on the West. The area is now occupied by a farm house, and its appendages, none of which have any …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Camp, on the West only it is commanded by a high moorland hill 5, whose prospect ranges from the Cheviots, North, to … West, and on the other sides the advantage of the sloping hill. The angles of the walls appear to have been guarded by … thorns, brambles, and hazels. The late proprietor of the farm at Hollingside 7 recollected the spot, when it was …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… annum, left by Thomas Barker in 1686, and charged on the farm of Newbiggin East, to be paid to the Rector, and …