[.] BOWSDON. 36 POST OFFICE • • in parish; population, in 1851, was 76. Here is a Grange is the seat of Thomas Lawson, Esq., both pleasantly bridge across the Wansbeck, 4~ miles from Morpetb. situated. is a township, village, and railway station, in OLD MOOR is a small township in the parish of Botbal, the parish of Bothal, from which it is distant 2~ miles north­ 4j miles north-east from l\Iorpeth, its nearest market and west. Itis pleasantly situated SmilesnOl'th-eastfrom l\forpeth, post town and money order office. Here is a railway on tlle Nol,th Eastern railway and on a small rivulet. The station on the North Eastern railway. The population, in railway station is about half a mile east from the village. 1851, was 93; the acreage is 911. Here is a National school, a neat building, erected in 1847, PEGS WORTH, or PEGSWOOD, is a township and small a library and reading-room. The population, in 1851, was village in the parish of Bothal. It is pleasantly situated 2 293; and the acreage is 1,703. Longhirst Hall is the seat of miles east-by-north of Morpeth. The population, in 1851, W. J. Lawson, Esq., J.P. It is a very handsome mouern­ was 215, and the acreage is 1,267. Here is a colliery. built mansion, 3 miles north-east from Bothal. Longhirst Bothal. Longhirst. I Taylar GeOl'ge, drainer to the Duke of PRIV"ATE RESIDENTS. JJawson Thomas, esq. Longhil'it grang'e I Portland Hopwood Rev. Henry, ~I.A. [incum- Lawson 'Villiam John, esq. I.P. I..ong- Thompson Robert & Lenox, farmers, bent], Sheepwash hirst 11all Longhirst lane Mulcaster Rev. Richd. B.A. [curate] COMMERCIAl... Old Moor. Sample Thomas, esq. Bothal Adams J ames, farmer, Broom hill Balmain George, farmer Sample William, esq. Crake Thomas H. master of National Edgell Robert, farmer school Pegsworth. CO}IMERCIAL. English Robert, shoemaker COMMERCIAL. Angus John, farmer, Wllite:6eld Hindhaugh Robert, Half .2lfoon inn, Anderson Robert, coal proprietor Bootiman Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper library & reading rooms, & grocer, Bowden Thomas, joiner & shopkeeper Clark William, farmer, Bothal park joiner, builder, & wheelwright Jorden George, blacksmith Cooper George, bla~ksmith, Coney Jo\)son John, dl'aper Laidler Matthew, farmer Garth moor Laws George, steward to "T. J. Law- Mm'peth Banks Colli81'y Co. Thomas Coxon Thomas, farmer & woodman son, esq & J ames Temple, & Robert Anderson, Crosier Georg'e, farmer, High hirst Koble James, gardener to \V. J. Law- proprietors Dickinson William & Co. son, esq Nicholson Sarah (Mrs.), farmer colliery Park George, tailor Sharp J olm, farmer . Humphrey Catherine (Miss), farmer, Potts Roger, blacksmith Sharp Ursula (Miss), farmer Coney garth Readhead Richard, steward to l\h·.Jolm Stirk William, tailor Speal'man James, corn miller & farmer, Hindhaugh ·Waddle George, shoemaker Bothal mill Thompson Joseph, farmer, Coney Garth Lawson, esq Morpeth is its nearest money oruer moor "Tatson WiIliam, shopkeeper office. POST OFFICE.-Robert Hindhaugh, postmaster. Letters throug'h l\Iorpeth at 9 a.~.; dispatched at 4 p.m. Mor- peth is the nearest money order office BOWSDON is a township aud small scattered village, 2 1857 with considerable success. Here is a school for boys miles from Lowick, 7~ from Berwick, and 2~ from Ancroft. and girls, supported by H. K. Gregson, Esq., of Low Lynn. ' Coals and lime abound here; a new coal mine was opened in COl\fl\fERCIAL. Hills Bryan, butcller & baker Robertson TllOmas, boot & shoe maker, AlIen J ames & Bros. farmers,West farm Hooper John, boot & shoe maker Salsbury Charles, colliery owncr & lime Bell Jane (1\1rs.), schoolmistress Lyall James, farmer, 'Vood end burner (Thomas Webster, manager), Dixon John & Son, farmers, Berrington Matthison John, cattle dlr. Lickar moor Old Dryburn Lough Middlemiss Thomas, farmer, Moor Staward Thomas, gardener .Drysdale Henry, blacksmith Mosgrove George, boot & shoe maker Thompson Peter, tailor Fairbairn Richard, joiner & cartwright Muckle William, farmer 'l'indle James, boot & shoe maker Fish Thomas, Black Bull Kelson Williarn, boot & shoe .maker Turnbull David &Sons, farmers,Lickar Forman Williaru, Lamb Pringle J olm, schoolmaster & postmastr Young John, butcher Gilholm Margaret (Mrs.), shopkeeper Purves Robert, shopkeeper Young William, blacksmith POST OFFICE.-Jolm Pringle, postmaster. Letters arrive from Berwick at 20 min. to 2 p.m.; dispatched at 25 min. to 11 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Berwick BRANXTON, 3 miles from Ford, 9 from Wooler, and 3' The interior consists of a nave and chancel, which is ap­ from Cornhill (where there is a station on the Kelso branch proached through an ancient and beautiful Norman arch, ofthe North Eastern line ofrailway), is a township, parish, supposed to have been erected between seven and eight and small village, in Glendale ward and union, Norham hundred years ag'o, and which is the onlyportion ofthe former deanery, archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, and bishopric of Dur- church now remaining. The font, of Norman design, sup­ ham. Branxton ig celebrated in history as being the place ported upon four pillars, is modern, and is formed ofstone where the battle of Plodden Field was partly foug'ht, on the obtained in the neighbourhood. 'fhe entrance to the church 9th September, 1513, and was finally decided in this parish, is on the south siue, by a door with a Norman arch and zig­ not far from the village. There is a huge pillar of stone, zag moulding, an exact copy of the original design. The erected in commemorationof the victory, or, as some affirm, living is a vicarage, value £230 yearly, with residence, in to mark the spot where King J ames IV. fell in the conflict. the gift ofthe Dean and Chapter of Durham, and held by the It is also related that on the 21st June, 1524, about 500 of Rev. Robert Jones. Here is a parish school for boys and the Scots crossed the river near here and concealed themselves girls, endowed with £10 by W. Askew, Esq., and £5 by for the purpose of plundering the traders who were on their J. Collingwood, Esq., yearly. The population, in 1851, was way to a fair at Berwick-upon-Tweed, many of whom were 284; and the acreage is 1,487. TJ.Je soil is of a rich loamy made captives, besides being robbed of all theypossessed; but and gravelly nature; the subsoil, clay. The principal before they arrived home, the young lord of Fowberry, with crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas, and turnips. a party of Engliiilh, rescued the prisoners after a sharp skir- ,Y. Askew, Esq., and J. Collingwood, Esq., are the chief mish, when 200 were either slain or taken prisoners. The landowners. The village, which is now small, is said to have chmch of St. Paul is of stone, and was rebuilt in 1849 in been much larger, even in the memory of some of the the Norman style of architecture, with a tower and 1 bell. present inhabitants, and was formerly a market town. Jones Rev. Robert [vicar] Fairnington John, joiner & cartwright Oliver Andrew, boot & s110e maker Hardy John, tailor Patterson John, stonemason COMMERCIAL. Hardy John, jun. boot & shoe maker Patterson J oIm, jun. stonemason Brown J ames, farmer, Branxton hill Marshall Robert, blacksmith Pringle Thomas, shopkeeper Brown Henry, farmer, Branxton builds ~Iatthewson George & 80ns, linen & Rankin Andrew, shopkeeper & farmer Buckharrl Wm. farmer & cattle dealer, woollen drapers, hatters, grocers & Reed Hugb, schoolmaster&padsh clerk Allotment postmasters Richardson \fm.farmer,Branxton moor POST OFFICE.-James Matthewson, postmaster. Letters arrive from Coldstream at 12 noon; dispatched at 4 p.m. Coldstream is the nearest money order office BYW:ELL ST. ANDRoEW is a parish and township, bridge, in the east division of Tindale ward, south division half a mile north-west from Stocks:6eld, 14 west fi'om New- of the county, nnion of Hexbam, deanery of Corbridge, caiitle-on-Tyne, 8 ea!'lt from Hexllam, and 4 east from Cor- archdeaconry of Northumberland, and Durham bishopric.