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residence of the warden of . In 1766 the west inhabitants of th~ old parish of Simonburn, and is given in tower was relmilt and part of the north wall still remains. doles on Good Friday and at IHartinrnas. There is also a In the wooded gorge of Tecket, about a mile west of the charity founded by Mr,ll. E"ans, widow of the Rev. Dand village, is a fine waterfall, and a curious grotto, where, E"ans, rector of Simonburn, who died in 1&29, the proceeds according to tradition, John Wallis, the author of the of which are appropriated to an almshouse in Humshaugh 11 Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland" and for aged women, and for doles to the sick of the parish. sometime curate of the parish, wrote this work: he died in Nunwick Hail, the seat of the Rev. James Allgood llf.A. i8 1793. The ancient holy well of St. Mungo, to whom it is an elegant structure of white freestone, situated on a supposed the church was dedicated, lies in the rector's spacious lawn, half a mile from the tillage. Park End is dene. At Carrawborough, in this parish, is the site of the the residence of 'rhomas Ridley esq. J.P.; the manorial Roman station, Procolitia, and in December, 1876, at a rights pertaining to the ancient lands in Simonburn are point about 100 yards south of the Roman wall, several vested in the owners. The Duke of Northumberland K.G., underground structures, originally built as wells, were P.C. is lord of the manor of that part of Bradpool common, discovered, and in these were found a great variety of in Simonburn parish, ·which pertains to the manor of Wark. articles, dating in part from A.D. 140, and including an The Rev. James AlIgood M.A. and Thomas Ridley esq. are enormous quantity of Roman coins, 24 inscribed altars, the chief landowners. The area is 9,394 acres of land and 65 vases, beads, brooches, two very curious inscribed earthen- of water; rateable \"alue, £5,643; the population in 18g1 ware cups, a sculptured stone with three figures of Naiads, was 413. -seated under arches, and a votive tablet with an inscription, Parish Clerk, Stephen B'Juglass. and above it, in low relief, the figure of a goddess, floating HALL BARNS is a hamlet in this township, 3 quarter of a on a water lily and hoMing a branch,and conjectured to repre- mile south, and Park End is another hamlet, one mile north. sent Coventina, the tutelary deity of the wells; most of these POST OFFIcE.-Frank Watson Smith, sub-postmaster. relics are preserved ill the museum at Chesters. ThA farm Letters through Humshaugh R.S.O. arrive at 9.50 a.m. ; of Tecket is held in trust by the rector and 7 other trustees dispatched, 5.0 p.m. Wark is the nearest money order & under the will of Oiles Heron, who died in 1685 and is telegraph office. Postal Orders are issued here. but not buriedin the chancel; this charity, the yearly value of which paid is now (1894) £170, is in part applied to the maintenance National School (mixed), for 80 children; average attend· of a school in Wark, and the rest is assigned to the poor dance, 40; Miss Jane Dinning, mistress .Allgood Rev. James M.A Nunwick hall Clark Hector, farmer, Slater field IPearson Thos. far"ner, Slater Field fell Heslop Miss Dodd Michael, farmer, Stother I Ridley John (Mrs.), farmer, Teckett Mitford Captain Robert, Park end Errington Thos. farmr.LowTeppermore Robson Lionel, farmer, Upper town Ridley Thomas J.P. Park end GrahamWm. & David,frmrsoLonbrough I Rutherford Wm. farmer, Kirk shield ROJers Rev. Canon Perey M.A. [rector, Heardma,n Henry, tailor Scott William, farmer, Conshield rural dean & surrogate], Rectory Heslop Richard, farmer, Fairshaw Scott William, farmer, Hall barnes JohnsonJn.auctioneer& farmr. Park side ISmithFrankWatsoIl, shopkpr.Post office COMMERCIAL. Lee WaIton, farmer, Park end 'fait Andrew, farmer, AUgood farm Eallantine William, farmer LovattJsph.miller (water), Nunwick ml 'l'aylor John, farmer, Upper town Boyd Frank, blacksmith Moor Wil:iam, shoe maker I Thompson Mary (Mis3), farmer, High · Bulman Thomas, land agent to Thomas NicholsonHy.&Wm.farmers,Stoopridge Teppermoor RidJey esg INixon Joseph, farmer, Goat stone I SLALEY is a parish and scattered village, formerly a of Whitley. Charities amounting to £7 yearly, are dis­ chapelry in Bywell St. Andrcw's parish, from which it was tributed at Christmas. Tne trustees of the late Henry separated in 1719, and is 6 miles east-sonth-east from T. Silvertop are lords of the manor; W. B. Beaumont esq. , si south from Corbridge, and 21 west-by-south D.L., J.P. of llretton Hall, Wakefield, James Hunter and from Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the Hexham division of the William Warde-Aldam esq. J. P. of Healey Hall, Riding Mill­ connty, east division of Tindale ward, Tynedale petty ses- on-Tyne, and the representatives of James Sillick are the sional division, Hexham nnion and county court dist.rict, chief landowners. The soil in the neighbourhood of the rnral deanery of Hexham, archdeaconryof Northumberland \'illage, is loam, and the subsoil IS generally clay. The land and diocese of Newcastle. The village is bounded by the is chiefly in pasture. The area is 7,518 acres; rateable Devil's Water rivulet, and being on high ground, commands value, k3,441; the population in 1891 was 417. · an extensive prospect and is remarkable for its salubrity. Parish Clerk, John Robson. The church, name unknown, was rebuilt in 1832, and is an . edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chan- POST OFFICE-~ ohn WIlley, sub-pog~master. J~etters from o ·-eel, nave and a western campanile tower containing 2 bells j Hexham, arr1\ e at 10.30 a.m. ; dIspatched at 2 p.ID. the there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1703. ~ame day. The nearest money ?rder & telegraph offi~ The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value from 53 acros of IS at Hexham. Postal orders are Issued here, but not paId glebe £88, with residence, in the gift of W. B. Be~lUmont Parochial ~chool (mixed), built in 1873, for 80 children; esq. and held since 1854 by the Rev. William Sisson L.Th. average attendance, 50; & endowed with £3 IOS. & the · of University College, Durham, who is also perpetual cnrate rent of a house ~'early; William Curry, master Sisson Rev. William I..Th. [incumbent] Emngton John, farmer, Dukesfield hall Ridley Joseph, farmer, Peel Flat Wear William, Coalpit grange Forest Edward, farmer, Shield hall Ridley Elizabeth (:.vIrs.), farmer . Hetherington Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Robson In.&Thos.farmrs.Eastwood foot COMMERCIAL. Highwood foot Robson George, farmer, Dipton foot Armstrong Elizabeth (:Mrs.), Travellers' Hornsby George, farmer & mason Robsou George, brmer, Strothers Rest P.lI. Hornsby John, farmer, l\'loorgate RobsoD John, tailor & parish clerk Aynsley Jane & Son, farmers, Boghal1 Huntel' Elizabeth (Ml's.), farmer, Mar- Robson Margaret (Mrs.), farmer Blackburn Joseph, farmer, Steel hall ley Coat walls RobsOll Thomas, farmer Bowey Elizh. (Mrs.), farmer, Rye hill James John, farmer Rowell Wm.&.Joseph,rarmers,.Townfoot Burdus Thomas, farmer, Dukesfield Jewitt Rt. Rose &. Crown p.x. & farmer IShort John, farmer, Wooley Charlton WiIliam, & Stobbs John, Jewitt William, shoe maker Smith John, farmer, Spring house ~ farmers, Blackburn Lamb Joseph, farmer Teasdale ~usannah (Mrs.), farmer Crowe John, farmer, Low house Lambert Isabella (Mrs.), slate quarry Thompson, John, farmer, Thatcher . Da.-vison William, farmer, Pry Lambert WilIiam, farmer, Riddley hall Weatherley Johnson, cartwright Dixon William, farmer, White house Marshall Bennett, farmer, Palms WIlley John, shopkeeper, Post office D::Jdd William, blacksmith Maugham William & John, farmers Winter Michael, shopkeeper Dodd WilIiam, farmer, Trygill Ormistun Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Flothers STAMFORDHAM is a parish, measuring about si east and the other at its western extremity. The cburch of miles from east to west, and 4i from north to south, in the St. Mary the Virgin is an edifice of stone, in the Early Hexham division of the county, north-eastdivision of Tindale English or First Pointed style, consisting of chancel, nave, ward, Tynedale petty sessional division, Castle Ward union, aisles, south porch and a tower containing 1 bell i in the countycourt district of Hexham, rural deanery of Corbridge, chancel are mutilated effigies of two knights in armourand a archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Newcastle. prieAt, believed to represent members of the Fenwick family t Stamfordham village is in the township of Heugh, 7 miles the church, with the exception of the tower and the chancel north-north-west from Wylam st~tion on the Newcastle arch and the south chancel wall, was ent,irely rebuilt in and Carlisle section of the North Eastern railway, 12 west· 1849, under the direction of Mr. Benjamin Ferrey, arohitect; north-west from Newcastle, and 13 east-north-east from there are 350 sittings. The register dates h'Om the year Hexham. It is pleasantly seated on rising ground, the 1662. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge river Pont skirting its southern boundary, and enjoys the £255, net yearly value £470, including 315 acres of glebe, advantages of all, inexhaustib)e supply of fine pure water, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held from two everflowing pants or conduits, one being at the, smce 1885 by the Rev. Seymour Richard Coxa !l.A. of