NORTHUMBERLAND. • [KELLYS Is the Fine Altar-Tomb of Sir Ralph Grey of Werke, Knighted and on Either Side on Tablets Are Two Curious Latill Fn
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90 CBILLINGBAM. NORTHUMBERLAND. • [KELLYS is the fine altar-tomb of Sir Ralph Grey of Werke, knighted and on either side on tablets are two curious Latill fn. at Leicester in 1425 by King Henry VI. ob. 1497, and of his scriptions., one of which relates to the finding of the toad; wife Elizabeth (Fitzhugh), with recumbent effigies of both in the meaning of the other is yet undiscovered, and the alabaster; the sides of the tomb are panelled and enriched authorship of both has been the snbject of many indecisive with figures and shields of arms, and the whole has been conjectures: connected with this castle ill a singular legend coloured and gilt: the font, originally belonging to Ancroft of a ,. radiant boy: U the park of 1,500 acres is well stocked church, bears on the bowl the date 1670: there are 170 with deer and also contains a herdof wild cattle, 'Said to be sittings. The register dates from the year 1692. The of the original British stock and the only breed of the kind living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £293, with residence, in tbe kingdom; they are wbite with a black muzzle, and in the gift of the Bishop of Newcastle, and held since 1891 the interior of the ear and a portion of the outside from the by the Rev. .Abraham Gooderham M.A. of Caius College, tip is red; the horns are white with black tips, and have Cambridge. Chillingham Castle, the seat of the Earl of an upward bend: in the park, at the back of the castle, is Tankerville P.C., D.L., J.P. situated on a hill surrounded by a lofty hill crowned with a camp,. called" Rhos Castle." fine woods and commanding an extensive prospect, is a The Earl of TankervIlle is lord of the manor and principal stately edifice, of various dates, the more modern part, de~ landowner. The soil is clayey; subsoil, rock and lime. signed by Inigo J ones, being of Renaissance character; it is stone. The chief crops are wheat, oats an<\ turnips; there rectangular in plan, the buildings inclosing a large court- is also much pasture land. The area of the township is yard, on one side of which is a balustraded portico, sur- 1,758 acres; rateable value, :£1,476; the population in 1891 mounted by stone figures; three of the towers are said to was 144. date from the 13th century; the principal front exhibits a Letters through Belford, arrive at 11 a.m centre with advanced bay, containing the entrance, and WALL LET'I'BR Box cleared at 1.40 & 4.50 p.m wide wings, each flanked by square embattled towers, pro- HEPBuRN,or HEBBuRN, isa hamlet and township 1imiles jecting boldly, but hardly higher than the parapet; this south-west from Chillingham. 'fhe area is 2,097 acres; front is of three storeys, and tbe entrance bay is adorned rateable value, £1,045; the population in 1891 was 75. with three tiers of coupled columns, over which and just Letters through .Alnwick, arrive at 12 noon. Chatton is the under the battlements are three shields of arms, and on the nearest money order & telegraph office adjacent walls are two others, all surrounded with scroll HEPBURN BELL is a hamlet It miles south-west. work: the dining-room, formerly an entrance hall, is hung NEWTOWN is a township and hamlet 4-i miles south-east with portraits, and the drawing-room has a coved ceiling, from WQoler. The area is 1,122 acres j rateable value, enriched with pendants: in the cloister of the courtyard is £1,221; the population in 1891 was 75. preserved a stone once forming part of a chimney-piece in Letters through Alnwick, arrive at 10.30 a..m. The nearest the castle, and in which, when broken, a live toad was money order & telegraph office is at Chatton found: a room on the ground floor contains a lofty and National School (mixed), built in 1835, for 120 children i ancient chimney-piece, formerly in the old entrance hall, with average attendance, 50 i the Earl of Taukerville gives a carving representing the story of Susanna and the Elders, £30yearly towards the school fund; In. Charlton, master OhilliDgham. Buck John, blacksmith Hepburn. Henderson Richard, head gardener, Spraggon In. head gamekpr. to the Earl Tankerville The Right Hon. Earl of Chillingham castle TurnbuU John, farmer P.c., D.L., J.P. Chillingham castle; & Mechie John, park keeper to the Hepburn Bell. Carlton &; Travellers' clubs, Lon- Earl· D d J h don sw Noble Joseph. estate bailiff to the Earl ry en 0 n, farmer Gooderham Rev. Abraham M.A. of Tankerville Newtown. [vicar] . Wilson George, shopkeeper Clark John, farmer WiIson Sir Jacob, Chillingham Barns Clark Robert, miller (water) & farmer CHIRTON is a township and village, 11 miles south-west sum of nearly £4,000 yearly to Chirton poor's rates and from North Shields, and, together with the village of PERCY Tynemouth district rates. The Duke of Northumberland MAIN and hamlets of NEW YORE: and MURToN, was formed x.G., P.C. is lord of the maMr and principal landowner. into a parish Oct. 30, IB60, from the parish of Tynemouth, The soil is clay; subsoil, gravel and stone. The area of the and is part of that borough; it is in the Tyneside division ecclesiastical parish is 3,000 acres; of the township 2,285 of the county, 'fynemouth union, North Shields county court acres; rateable value, [.68,207; the population of the town district, petty sessional division of Castle West, rural deanery ship in 1881 was 110335 and in 18g1, 12,747. of Tynemouth, arcbdeaconry of Northumberland and diocese EAST HOWDON is a part of the parish of Chirton, on the of Newcastle. .At Perey Main is a station on the Newcastle river Tyne, lying between Howdon and North Shields. and Tynemouth section of the North Eastern railway. A MURTON is a small township in the parish of Chirton. portion of this township is included in North Shields. The Here is a Free Methodist chapel. Area, 684 a(.Tes ; rateable church of St. John, Percy Main, is a building of stone in the value, £3,435; the population in 1891 was 630. Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, NEW YORK is a hamlet, 2 miles north-west, in the town- aisles, two porches and a western bell-cot containing 2 beUs: ship of Chirton. There is a Wesleyan chapel. there are sittings for 550 persons. The register dates from Parish Clerk of Percy Main, Roger Thompson. the year 1864. The living is a vicarage, gToss yeat'ly value POST OFFICE, Chirton.-John Pi~kard, sub-postmaster. £312, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Northum- Letters from North Shields arrive at 8 a.m. ; dispatched berland X.G. and held since 1865 by the Rev. Arthur at 5 p.m. on week days onl~'. North Shields is also the Tomline Coates B.A. of University College, Durham. The nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders church of St. Mark, at Shire Moor, a chapel of ease to the are issued here, but not paid parish church, 1Vas erected in 1889, at a cost of about £700, POST, M. O. & T. 0., S. B. &; Annuity & Insurance Office, on ground given by the Duke of Northumberland K.G. and Perey Main.-Mrs. Isabella Sanderson, sub-postmistress. is a building of red brick, with a western turret containmg Letters arrive from Newcastle at 7.$0 a.m. & 5.20 p.m. one bell: there are tlittings for 250 persons. There are & are dispatched at 12.45, 4.45 &8.45 p.m. on week days j Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels at Perey Main. sundays, arriye at 9.30 a.m. & dispatched at 4.15 p.m. Northumberland Dock, situated between Hayhole Point Letters for New York, Shire Moor & The Allotment, and Howdon, was constrncted during the years 1853-7, at a arrive via Earsdon cost of £'35.h077, and opened in June, 1857; outside ex- SCHOOLS:- . tensions, comprising deep-water quays, railways, wharves, A School Board of 5 members was lormed for Murton, shipping places and very extensive storage,cost, in addition, Nov. 13. 1874; J. Robinson. Earsdon, clerk to the hoard £198,035: the area of the dock, including the bal!in and Chirton, Billy Mill lane (mixed), erected in 1877, for 3119 lock, is 58~ acres, and the depth of water on the sill at low . children; average attendance, 220; Benj. Hewitt, master mde is 17 feet, and at spring tides 24 feat; tbere are New York, ChirtoIi (mixed), built in 1874 & enlarged in staiths in connection with the West Cramlington waggon- t888, for 280 children; average attendance, 230; Alex- way, and others branching from the BIyth and Tyne (North ander Fleming, master Eastern) railway; in 1872 a deep-water timber quay for the National, Percy Main (mixed &ihfants), built in r86:), for import traffic wss constmcted inside the dock by the Tyne 450 children i average attendance, 325 mixed &; 72 in- Commissioners; and, nnder the Act of 1867, a stone quay fants; Andrew Creightonj master j Miss Jannet Rowland. about 1,100 feet in length, witb a depth of 18 feet at low infants'mistress watell, was completed outside the <Jock entrance, and placed Railway Station, Percy Main, Emmerson DickiD8(iD, atation. in connection, with the railways: the docll- trustees pay a master • Ohirton. Horsley William, CbirMn house COllMERCIAL. l 1 Jacobson John, Tynn ....illa Dykeg Ml's.Chirton grartge,Mool' h~uses Mart.indale Jonathan, Chiorto.