84 ST. AN'DREW. . [KELLY'S openings on each side: in the porch is a stoup, and tbere and a tower, with spire 60 feet high: tbere are 200 sittings. are several slabs with crosses, and a portion of anotberwith Here is a Baptist chapel, erected in 1842. Broombaugh Was carved knot-work of unusual design: the church was re~ a Roman settlement. Wentworth BIackett Beaumont esq. stored about 1858, and in 1870 a north transept and organ is lord of the manor; the Misses Grey are chief landowners. chamber were erected: it has 180 sittings The register The area is 806 acres of land and 24 of water j rateable .dates from the year 1668. The living is a vicarage, average value, £3,616; the population in 1891 was 234. tithe rent-charge £63, net yearly value [,120, including 9 Letters through KS.O. which is the nearest acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Wentworth money order & telegraph office, arrive at 8 a.m Blackett Beaumont esq. and held since 1866 by the Rev. National School, Riding Mill, in the township of Broom. Henry Slater M.A. of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, haugh, built in 1871, for 120 children; average attend· hon. canon of Newcastle and I.P. Wentworth Blackett Beau- ance, 70 j attached to the school is a library of 180 mont esq. D.L., J.P. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. volumes; Thomas Greener, master The soil is loam; subsoil, loam and sand. The chief crops RIDING is a township, on the south side of the are wheat, barley and oats. The area of the township is and on the high road from to Newcastle, with a 371 acres of land and 23 of water i rateable value, £1,893; station on the Newcastle and Carlisle section of the North the population in 1891 was 203. Eastern railway. The Riding is the residence of Mrs. BYWELL is a village in the township of Bywell St. Andrew Guiry. W. B. Beaumont esq. is lord of the manor j the and Bywell St. Peter, and is on the banks of the river Tyne, Misses Grey, John Blackburn, the trustees of Jacob Wilson, over which is a handsome stone bridge of seven arches, Henry Straker and D. O. Drewett esqrs. are the chief land. erected in 1839, at the cost of the late Thomas Wentworth owners. The area is 1, 01 5 acres of land and 21 of water i Beaumont esq. who expended on it nearly [,16,000 and rateable value, [,3,716 ; the population iu 1891 was 240 • 80 opened it free 'to h the public.d' At BywelI, II June,d b hOST,3, P M.. 0 & T..,.. 0 S B & AnnUI'ty & Insurance Otlice, Eg bert, 12th BIS op of Lin Isfarne, was consecrate y t e Riding Mill (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have Archbishop of York and the Bishops of Hexham and Whit- R8.0. Northumberland added).-Miss Margaret 1. Arm. hern. Bywell Castle, on the north bank of the river, was strong, sub~postmistress. Letters arrive from London begun.,in 1412I'by Ralph de Nevill,.' ,but never completed; & th e sout hat 7. 8 a.m. &. 6.17 p.m. ; sundays 7·57 a.m. ; th e prmcIpa portIOn 'now h remammgbId IS a great squaredtower I d'lspatche d,9,47 & 11.4° a.m. 4.2 & 8.15 p.m. ; sundays of treeh storeys, WIt em att e parapets an octagona 8 angle turrets rising out of these; the entrance is on the RidiJgmMill Railway Station, John William Armstrong, west side: the castle is now the residence of John Hall esq. station master Bywell Hall, anciently the seat of the Fenwicks, was rebuilt about 1760, by WilIiam Fenwick esq. from designs by Mr. STOCKSFIELD HALL is a township on the south bank of Pain, architect, and about 1809 was sold, with the estate, the river Tyne, over which is a handsome stone bridge of to T. Wentworth Beaumont esq. for £145,000; it is now the five arches, erected in 1839, and is a quarter of a mile north property of W. B. Beaumont esq. but is at present (1894) from Stocksfield station on the Newcastle and Carlisle sec­ unoccupied: the mansion is an elegant edifice of stone, tion of the North Eastern railway. Wentworth Blackett close to the village and surrounded by a fine lawn, shaded Beaumont esq. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. by trees, on the north side of the river Tyne. The area is 330 acres. Parish Clerk, Thomas Sisterson. POST, M. O. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Letters through Stocksfield RS.O. which is the nearest Stocksfield RS,D. (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should money order & telegraph office, arrive at 7.35 a.m have RS.O. Northumberland added).-Charles Thomas WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 3.30 & 7 p.m Murton, SUb-postmaster. Letters arrive at 7·5 a.m. & BEARL is a township, near the road from Heddon-on-the- 6.10 p,m. ; dispatched at 9·45 & 11.38 a.m. &4.2 & 8 Wall to , 2 miles north from Stocksfield station. p.m. ; sunday, dUlpatched at 7·45 p.m W. B. Beaumont esq. is the sole landowner. The area is 419 Railway Station, Stocksfield, John Robson, station ma.ster acres; rateable value, [,5°7; the population in 1891 was STYFORD is a township on th3 northern bank of the river 52. Tyne, ::I miles north from Riding Mill station. Styford HaU, Letters through Stockstield RS.O. which is the nearest the seat of Miss Grey, is a handsome mansion, having three money order & telegraph office fronts, and standing in extensive grounds and plantations; is a township on the southern shore of the the plain before the south front of the house stretches a mile river Tyne, and on the road from Hexham to Newcastle-on- in length. The Misses Grey are ladies of the manor and Tyne, a quarter of a mile south from Riding Mill station ou sole landowners. The area is 1,014 acres of land and 25 of the Newcastle and Carlisle section of the NorthEastern rail~ water; rateable value, £1,250; the population in 1891 was way. The church of St. James, a chapel of ease to Bywell 84. St. Andrew, is a modern building of stone in the Early Letters through Riding Mill RS.O. which is the nearest English style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, transepts money order & telegraph office, arrive at 8.30 a.m ByweIl. Smith Henry, market gardener Knott Joseph, blacksmith Barnett Mrs. Bywell house Tweddle William, tailor Little James, farmer, Red humbles Dwarris Rev.Brereton Edwd.M.A.[vicar Riding Pattison.Samuel, farmer, Branch house of St. Peter's1, Vicarage • Richardson Geo. COrn miller &; farmer Ball John, B)'Well castle PRIVATE RESIDENTS... . Ridley James, farmer Kidson John, temperance hotel Brentnall Robt. H. The Lea, Rldmg mIll Smith John, farmer Lysle John Knox~ farmer, Peepy Butche~ Rev. George L. rcur~te] Taylor Peter Henry, tailor Trotter William, farmer, South Acomb Carr Rtchard S~orer,Honm ~Il1 terrace Watson George, joiner. Painshaw field Drewett Dreweut Ormond,WIllow wood Watson WilIiam farmer :Bearl. Fuller Mrs. Manor honse, Riding mill Watt John Welhngton PH Angus William, farmer Griffiths Edmund, Hollin Hill terrace ' Stocksfield Guiry Mrs. The Riding .'.. Broomhaugh. Lowrey Richard, Lee villa Hmdmarcl;i WlllIam Antram Rev. Charles Ed. P. [Baptist] McAllum Hugh, Hollin Hill terrace Reed ArchIbald, Stocksfield house Charlton Robert Blackett Moody Mrs, Hollin Hill terrace Stenho~se Rev. Thomas [curate St. Potter Addison N. Hollin Hill terrace Peter s], ~I~be cottage Havelock Michae1,Bridge Hill house SEH 11" H'll Arkle John, Jomer Hiddlestone J ames cott ,mest, 0 m I terrace K tt bl k 'th t WaIt.er, no -, ac .smI Ismay J 0 hn George V Scot L J h B t f H 11 Lowrey Edward, Broomhaugh house Sharp Robert, Hollin Hill terrace ee 0 n un mg, armer, a rshall Charles Straker Henry Dipton house MUTton Chas. Tbos: grocer, Post office Ma , Robson John, statIOn master, Stocks· Slater Rev. Henry M.A., .l.P. [vicar of COMMERCIAL. field station Bywell St. Andrew & hon. canon of Arkle John, joiner Newcastle], Vicarage Armstrong John William, station mas- Styford. Wilson Thomas J.P. Oatlands ter, Riding Mill station Grey Misl.l, Styford hall Cook Isabella(Miss),beerretlr.&shoe ma Dent Joseph, farmer Dobson John, gardener to Miss Grey Dunn Stephen, grocer Dixon Cuthbert & George, builders Pace Thos. shopkeeper, Styford gate Fairbridge Thomas T. F. grocer Greener John Edward, grocer Shanks John, farmer, Styiord barns Lamb RIChard, butcher Havelock Thomas Charlton, farmer Wood Andrew, farmer, Brocks bushes BYWELL ST. PETER is a township and parish on Tynedale petty sessional division, rural deanery of Cor· both sides of the river Tyne, and is half a mile north-west bridge, archdeaconry of Northumberland and diocese of from Stocksfield station on the Newcastle and Carlisle see- Newcastle. The church of St. Peter, called "The Black t.ion of the North Eastern railway, 14 west from Newcastle- Church," from its connection with the Benedictine order, on-Tyne, 8 east from Hexham, and 4 south-east from Cor- stands only a short distance south-east of the church of St. bridge, in the Hexham division of the county, east division Andrew, and is an ancient building of stone in the Lancet ef Tindale ward, Wlion and county r.onrt i1ist'l'ict of Hexham, and Decorated styles, consisting o( chancel with north and