162 MORPETP. NOBTHUllBERLAND.

'there we1'E! 'tS monk!, snd revenues estimated at [,100 M'a the kennels of the MOl'peth tfY.I-b(lltnag, whicb hunt-two the buildings appear to have been then almost entirely; days a week (TuelldaysandSatu1'days)jJ. BlenCQweCookson destroyed, and nothing now remains standing above ground as<}. is the present master: Morpeth and Newcastle are een. except the 15th eentury north doorway of the clmrch; but vanient places for hunting visItors.. The principal land. 60 far all has been ascertained the general plan was almost owner is Andrew John B1ackett-Ord esq. of Whittield Hall. identictr.l with tha.t of Fountains, and very simila.r in The acreage is 115 of good land, ornamentedwithfine wood l dimensions I about 1870, Mr. Woodman, of Morpeth, made rateable value, £1,559; the population in 1 891 was 114. some exca.vatiom, on the site of the Chapter honse, and met Tranwell and High Church form one township in with portions of the vaulting ribs and several fine examples the parish and union of Morpetb, western division of Castle af capitals of the Transition period; the floor was found to ward. High Church, on 1& bold eminence about half a. mile ha.ve been laid with small black and red tiles, and fragments from Morpeth, contains the parish I:hurch, the rectory of ruby glass were discovered amongst the rubbish: in 1878, house, and several residences, having ample gardens in a further exa.mination of this spot led to the recovel'Y of front tastefully laid out. The Earl of Carlisle is lord of the some of the bosses of the roof, and the bases of three of the manor and part landowner. TFANWELL is a ham,let, 2 miles four columns which supported it were ascertained to be in south-west from Morpeth, near the Catch burn. The area situ: interments had been made within the Chapter house, is 1,234 acres; rateable value, £"1,544; the populati()n of but the stone coffins disinterred, not improbably those of the the township in 18ql was 73. Merlays, who were buried here and in the cloister by the entrance, had been desecrated: on the site of the choir of Twizell is a township, on the BIyth river, 61 miles the -()hurch, the sub-structure of the high altar was un- south-west-by-south from Morpeth, in Castle ward union. covered, and in front of it a portion of a tomb, beneath John Saville Ogle esq. D.L., l.P. is lord of the manor and which was a much dilapidated stone coffin, assumed to be principal landowner. The area is 769 acres; rateable value, that of St. Robert, the first abbot (u38-59), whose relics £716 ; the population in 1891 was 30. were translated hither from the Chapter house: near the Letters through Newcastle high altar were also buried Ralph, baron Greystock, ob. Shilvington township is 5 miles south~west from 1316, and Margery (Corbet) his wife; and Robert de Morpeth, in Castle ward union; the Shilvington burn flows Umfraville, Earl of Angus, ob. 1325: at the west end of the through the village. John Saville Ogle esq. D.L., J.P. is lord church, a later addition, forming a kind 01 Galilee, was dis- of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 1,539 covered. Several fine impressions of the seals of the convent acres; rateable value, £1,015; the population in 1891 was and its abbots are preserved in the Treasury at Durham, in- 48. eluding one of the first abbot, St. Robert, A.D. 1147. Here I Letters through Newcastle Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. POST & M. O. & T. O. & Parcel Post Office, S. B. & Annuity Hebron, Hepscott, Highlaws, Highlaws High & Low, & Insurance Office, Market place. - Thomas Whidby Horton, Hurst, Linmouth, Longhurst, Longshaw, Long. Knight, postmaster. l\Ioney & postal orders are granted witton, Meldron, Middleton North, Middleton South, & paid at this office daily, except sunday, from 7 a.m. Mitford, Molesdon, Morpeth, Morpeth Castle, Catch. until 10 p.m. Telegraph office open from 7 a.m. until burn, StobhiU & Parkhouses, Newbiggin - by - the- Sea, 8 p.ll. ; on sundays from 8 to 10 a.m Netherwitton, Newham, , Newton DELIVERIES COMMENCE.-(I) 7.30 a.m. ; (2) 1.30 p.m. ; Park, Newton Underwood, Nunnykirk, Nunriding, Ogle, (3) 5.30 p.m. : (4) 6,45 p.m. On sunday, one delivery Old Moor, Pegswood, Pigdon, Riddells Quarter, Ripling. only, at 7.30 a.m ton, Ritton Colt Park, Ritton White House, River Green, DrSPATCHEs.-Letter Box closes for Rothbury 5.30 a.m. ; North Seaton, Shaftoe East, Shaftoe West, Shilvington, Town &Rural posts 7 a.m. ; Newcastle 8.40 & 10.45 a.m. Shothaugh, Shortflatt, Spittal Hill, Stanton, Thirston, &; 12 p.m.; Rothbury 1.45 p.m. ; Newcastle 3 p.m.; Thornton East, Thornton West, Thropple, Todburn, Tod· Alnwick, Berwick & Edinburgh 3.30p.m.; All Parts 5.20 ridge, Tranwell & High Church, Trewick, Tritlington, p.m. ; Newcastle 8.go p.m. ; All Parts 9.55 p.ll Twiue, Ulgham, Wallington Demesne, Whalton, Whit· PARCEL l\'IAILS.-12.g0, 5 &; 8.40 p.m ridge, Widrington, Wingates, Witton Shields, Woodhom, The l\'Iorpeth &; Rothbury mail cart leaves the l\'Iorpeth Post Woodhorn Demesne office at 5·45 a.m. & arrives .at Rothbury 8.15 a.m. ! it Borough Magistrates. leaves Rothburyon return Journey at 6 p.m. reachmg Morpeth at 8.30 p.m. ; on sundays it leaves Morpeth 7.30 The Mayor & Ex-M~yor. a.m. &; returns from Rothbury at 2.25 p.m Clerk, G.eorge Brumell, Bndge street. Borough Petty SeSSIonll are held at the Court-house OD the Member of Parliament for the Borough. second & last tnesday in every month at 10 a.m 'Thomas Burt esq. 20 Burdon terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Corporation &.26 Palace street, Buckingham gate & Reform &;National 1893'4. • Llbe~al clubs, London sw. . MAYOR-Councillor WiIIiam Webb. ReturnlOg Officer, The Mayor for the tIme bemg DEPUTY MAYOR-COuncillor James Swinney. County MagistYates for Morpeth Ward Petty ALDERMEN. Sessional Division. §George Barran Grey I*WiIliaID Burn Osbaldeston-Mitford Lieut.-Col. John Philip, , §William James Atkinson *William Duncan Morpeth, chairman COUNCILLORS. Middleton Sir Arthur Edward bart. B.A. , tSamuel Watson Brown William Webb Newcastle tThomas Gillespie In.Wm.BootymanAnderson Ames Louis Eric esq. Linden, Morpeth tEdmund Dabson Joseph William Chirney Atkinson Capt. Thomas Henry Hollis Bradford-, Angerton tGeorge Young James Swinney hall, Morpeth §James Robert Hood ~James Jardin Bainbridge George Bargate esq. Espley hall, Morpeth §Hector Paton :William Davison Cookson John Blencowe esq. Meldon park, Morpeth Marked tbUB t retire in 1894. Davison John esq. Tritlington hall, Morpeth Markt"d thus ~ ret~rEl ~n 1896. Orde William esq Grindon Norham R 1:3 0 Marked thus + retI.re III 1896. .,... Marked thus" retire in1898. Rayne Charles George esq. HIgh house, MOl'peth . . . . Sample 'Thomas esq. , Morpeth Meetmgs of the ~orporatlOn &; Urban Samtary A~thonty Trevelyan Thornton Roger eaq. Netherwitton, Morpeth are held at the Town hall on the second tuesday ID every Woods William George esq. Pigdon house, Morpeth month. Clerk to the Magistrates, Charles Alderson, Bridge street Quarterly meetmgs are held the 4th tuesdayat the Town Petty Sessions are held at the Court-house the first & third hall" at 7. 1.5 p.m. .. wednesday in every month, at II a.m May~r s Aud~tor, CounCIllor Thomas GI1lesple The following places Bre included in the Petty Sessional ElectIve AudItors, Thomas Matheson & John Paton division ~-Angel·ton High, Angerton Low, Ashington & OFFICERS OF TIlE CORPORATION & URBAN SANITARY Sheepwash, Bebside, Bedlington, Belsay,Benridge, Bigge's AUTHORITY. Quarter, South Blyth &; Newsham, Bockenfield, Bolam, Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, Bolam Vicarage, Bothal Demesne, Bradford, Brinkburn Francis Brumell, Bridge street South Side, Brockenfield, Bullers Green, Bullock Hall, Treasurer, John Sharp Jobling, Lambton & Co. 's Bank Cambo, Causer Park, Chevington East, Chevington West, Medical Officer of Health, :Frederic William Skrimshire, Coatyards, Cockle Park, Carridge, Cowpen, Cresswell, Chantry house Deanham, Earsdon, Earsdon Forest, Edington, Ellington, Engineer & Borough Surveyor, Thomas Wm. Middlemiss, Eschott, Ewesley, l"'enrother, Freeholder's Quarter, Gal· Oldgate street lowhill, Hadstone,Harnham,Hartburn, Ha.rtburn Grange, Road Surveyor &; Sanitary Inspector, Richard T. Surteel, Haitford East, Hartford West, Healey & Comb Hill, Newgate street