140 HOLY ISLAND. NORTHUMBERLAND. [KELLY'S

Wilson Ralph , Dickinson James & Henry, farmers Wilson George Wm. harbour master Yetts Lilburn Fender Thomas, farmer Wilson Ralph, pilot COMMERCIAL. Grey Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper Yetts Mary (Miss), apartments Grey Prudence (Miss), cowkpr. &farm1' Bell Thomae, baker, grocer, post- Harvey Thomas, farmer Goswick. master & cab proprietor Kyle Matt. Newton, coxswain of lifeboat Crossman T~awrence Morley, farmer Brigham George, joiner & cartwright Patterson John, grocer Goswick Fishery (Geo. Robertson,mgr) Brigham George, Iron Rails P.H Robertson Geo. & Son, fish merchants Robertson Matthew. gamekeeper to Brigham Robert, Crown & Anchor inn Shell Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper Maj.-Gen. Sir William Crossman & posting house, & fish merchant Walker Thomas, Henry, Ship inn Warren Samuel, Commission Coast Cromarty Robert, grocer Wilson Geo.Northumberland Arms p.H Guard boatman HOLYSTONE is a parish, township and sman village, resort of anglers. A fountain was erected in 1880 at a coat delightfully seated on the south side of the river Coquet, 8 of £I20, by the inhabitants of Harbottle, in memory of miles west-by-north-west from Rothbury station on the Harriet Pennell Clennell, of Harbottle Castle, who died 17 North British railway, 20 We8t from Alnwick and 23 north- Nov. 1879. Harbottle Castle, the seat of Thomas Clennell west from Morpeth, in the Hexham division of the county, Fenwicke·ClenneIl esq. is delightfully seated at the east western division of Coquetdale ward, Coquetdale West petty end of the village, on the banks of the river Coquet, and sessional division, Rothbury division and county court dis- is surrounded by ornamental pleasure grounds and exten­ trict, rnral deanery of Rothbury, archdeaconry of Lindis- sive plantations. To the west, on a commanding emin­ farue and diocese of Newcastle. The parish is bounded on ence, stand the very interesting ruins of Harbottle Castle, the northand east by Alwinton parish, and on the south and erected by Henry n. between !IS." and II8g, and at one west by Elsdon parish. The church of St. Mary is a small time the most distant Enghsh outpost, on which account i~ edifice of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, was used as a residence for the Wardens of the Marches: the with vestry on the north side, nave and a western bell gable castle stood within the royal franchise of Redesdale, the lord­ containing one bell: in 1848-9 the church was thoroughly ship of which was granted, in 1°76, to Robert de Umfraville, restored, at a cost of £400, and the chancel rebuilt: in the a relative of the Conqueror, and apparently continued in latter are two memorial windows, erected about 1857, to that family until 1546, when it passed to the Crown by ex­ members of the Dawl>on family: built into the south wall change, and was afterwards regranted to the Howards: of the chancel are three monumental crosses, and a fragment Richard de Umfravilte, in 1221, re-fortified the Castle, which of another is in the churchyard wall: during the restoration in II7I had been sacked by the Scots, and in 1296 it was a stone coffin with coped lid was uncovered and found to sufficiently strong to resist all their attempts j after the vie· contain two skulls and other remains: there are sittings for tory at Bannockburn, in 1314, it was again attacked by the IS0 persons. In the churchyard are two ancient grave- Scots and partially destroyed, and in 135I, being then held stones, incised with large crosses. 'fhe register dates from by Gilbert de Umfraville, 3rd earl of Angus, it was still out the year 1719. The living is a vicarage, with that of AI- of repair through the constant inroads of the Scots j in 1537 winton annexed, joint gross yearly value £255, with resi- the fortress was surveyed by Richard Bellysis and others dence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1891 with R view to its restoration, which they estimated would by the Rev. Arthur Stocqueler Wardroper Th.ASSOC.K.C.L. who cost £444 38. 4d. exclusive of 14 fother of lead; the castle resides at Alwinton. There are charities of (,I IOS. yearly had an inner and an outer baily, with a deep fosse, originally value. Here was once a Benedictine nunnery, founded crossed by a drawbridge; a portion of the south-west side, before 1235 by a member of the UmphraviIle family; at including the keep, remains, but is much out of the perpen­ its dissolution there were eight nuns, and revenues valued dicular. Queen Margaret, widow of James IV. of Scotland, at £rr ; some remains of the building still exist. In the was resident here in 1515, after her marriage, 6 Aug. 15141 township is a celebrated well, called" The Lady Well," con- with Al'cbibald (Douglas), 6th earl of Angus, and bere her sisting of a beautiful basin of water, shaded by trees and daughter, the Lady Margaret Douglas, afterwards Countess shrubs, where Paulinus is reputed to have baptized, early in of Lennox, was born 18 Oct. 1515. The Duke of Northum­ the 7th century, 3,000 Christian neophytes. Campville, the berland x.G., P.C. is lord of the manor. T. C. Fenwicke­ residence of Major Hobert Thompson, is situated on a Clennell esq. and the Misses Reid are tb.e landowners. Roman encampment, half a mile west of Holystone. The area is 526 acres; rateable value, £657; the popula­ Thomas C. Fe.nwicke·Clennell esq. of Harbottle Castle, who tion in 18g1 was II3. is lord of the manor, .Anthony Wilkinson esq. of Sherraton, POST & M. O. 0., S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office, Har· Castle Eden, and Major Robert Thompson are the chief land- bottle.-Miss Susan Herbert, sub-postmistress. Letters owners. The cultil1ated po:rtion of the land is dry gravelly arrive through Rothbury at ro.45 a.m. & are dispatched soil; but the chief part is wild and uninclosed moor. The thereto at 3.40 p.m. Alwinton is the nearest telegraph soil is moorland; the subsoil, red sand and freestone. T he office principal crops are turnips, oats, barley and pasture. The LINSHEELS township is about 5 miles west, on the south area of the township is 2,926 acres and IS of water j rateable side of the river Coquet, at the confluence of the Radlees value, £I,430; the population in 1891 was 9I. burn: this is a mountainous district. Here the pure breed Letters through Morpeth Yia. Sharperton & Rothbury, of the Cheviot sheep are found in their greatest perfection. arrive at 10·50 a.m. i dispatched, 12. IS p.m. Harbottle The landowners are WaIter Charles Selby esq. I.P. of Biddle­ is the nearest money order office &; Alwinton is the nearest stone Hall, Rothbury j John Ralph Carr-Ellison esq. of telegraph office Hedgeley, Alnwick j WiIliam John Pawson esq. of Shawdon, BARROW is a township, 3i miles west.by-north·west, near Alnwick, and trustees of George Dunn esq. The soil is the contluence of the Barrow burn and the river Ooquet. gravelly, whinstone rock and heath moor. The area is WaIter Charles Selby esq. I.P. of Biddlestone, is lord of the 14,8II acres of land and 34 of water; rateable value, manor and sole landowner. The soil is heath moor, and £3,478 ; the population in 18g1 was 80. ehiefly upon freestone. The area is 990 acres of land and Sexton, James Story, Angyatugh, Alwinton. 20 of water; rateable value, £IU i the population in 1891 Letters through Rothbury, via. Alvington &; Morpeth, de- was 8. livered two days in the week & arrive at 12 noon on mon- DUESHILL, half a mile south-east, was amalgamated with day &; wednesday. Harbottle is the nearest money order Holystone in 1888. Harehaugh, the southern extremity of office &; Rothbnry is the nearest telegraph office the township, is the site of a strong Saxon fortified camp. Thelandholders are Robert Wilkinson esq. SirJ.W.B.Riddell SCHOOLS:- bart. J.P. of Hepple, and Thomas C. Fenwicke-Clennell esq. Parish, Holystone (mixed), erected in 1850, for 50 chil- The soil is sandy, and the subsoil is clayey. This township dren; average attendance, 16; Hy. Horsley Newton,ma,at is moorland. The area. is 2,509 acres of land and 2.5 of National, Ha.rbottle (mixed), erected with ma.ster's house water: rateable value included with Holystone. in 1834, for 80 children; ayerage attendance, 53 ; &; en- HARBOTTLE is 8 township and village on the river Coquet, dowed with £24 yearly, for which 12 children are to recerve about 2 miles north-west, 8 west from Rothbury, 20 west- their education gratuitously; Samuel Turner, ma.ster i by-south-west from .Alnwick and 24 west-by-north-west Miss .Annie Robinson, mistress trom Mot·peth. The Presbyterian church, rebuilt in I 8.54, CARRIERS TO :- is an edifice of stone in the Early English style. Harbottle ALNwICK-George Charlton, from Harbottle, every fri is much frequented during the summer months by invalids ROTHBuRT-George Charlton, from Harbottle, every mOD. for itspuresalubrious air, and the riTer Coquet is a favourite & wed Holystone. Gray James, taiJor Nicholson John, gamekeeper to J. A. Thompson MaJ'or Robert Camp 'ille Hall Eleanor (Mr~.), Salmon inn Wilkinson esq , ~ Hall Thoma.s Snalth,farmer, Woodhall, OliveI' Joseph H. miller (water) &; fI'mI' COMMEltCIAL. DueshiJI Rutherford Thomas, boot & shoe maker Davidson John, farmer Newton Henry Horsley,master of parish Davidson John, grocer & butcher school, a.ssistant overseer, public ac- Barrow. Davison William, grocer & builder countan~ &land Ilurveyor Wood WaIter, lJhepherd