DOCSLIB.ORG

Seventy and Still Growing

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Seventy and Still Growing Volume 1, Issue 3 Summer 1997 Welcome to the Seventy and still third edition of our Early History of growing family newsletter. TYNEDALE We still want articles about By Gillian Gibson Stephenson At the time of writing this article I have Featherstones, and just sent off the 65th membership card, which makes us now 70 strong. We are their families, so We have seen the skeletal tree of the Featherstonehaugh family of Featherstone still getting inquiries, to which I send off put pen to paper Castle. a copy of our introductory newsletter. now. I am also receiving inquiries of a more (In County Durham we pronounce the name general nature from people who have “Featherstonehoff'’.whilst in Featherstone connections, but who are Northumberland it is not really following the line. I still send “Featherstonhaaf'’ (The pronunciation. them a copy of the newsletter in the hope Fanshawe' is mocked.) that they will join with us. I have listed some of those inquiries later within this I though it might be of interest to readers issue, if anyone can help please get back to have a little look at the events from to me and I will forward the reply on to early times in the surrounding area. When the person who contacted me. we deal with the Stanhope family I shall Beryl has been busy looking at Derby- endeavor to do the same. shire links and has managed to link at least four members together. For the Featherstone Castle has been described as present Dawn, member no 20, will co- the loveliest tower in the county and ordinate for Derbyshire connections. when you see it you realise why. The response to our proposed database New members are listed inside Architecturally it's a mixture of project has been disappointing. I have this issue thirteenth, fourteenth, seventeenth and only had four sets of information back, nineteenth century structures, so although I have been e mailed 5 Beryl is very busy interwoven as to be extremely difficult to sort out. The effect of the whole is GEDCOM files, which saves a lot of helping members delightful, and indeed merits the term typing. and linking those I am slowly inputting all the information 'lovely'. It is situated near to the small you have sent, into The Master with with similar country town of Haltwhistle, a stop on the Newcastle to Carlisle railway. Haltwhistle Genealogist, and contacting members interests but would was formerly Hautwysel or Hautwessel and individually as and when necessary to still like to hear confirm certain facts. This is a long slow signifies ' the watch on the high mound'. job, but I will get there in the end. from you if you An idea which came from another source think she could help The manor of Haltwhistle formed part of is the possibility of keeping a list of stray you. (Continued on page 2) certificates. I myself have at least three Don’t expect an which I ordered then found when they arrived that they had no bearing on my immedaite reply. Contents Include direct line. We have also been given a Please also include Membership Contacts 4-6 Death Certificate issued by the War either a stamped Office, which can be sent to anyone who Early American Settlers 7-8 can prove a connection. See the relevant addressed envelope article on page 11. or IRC’s. Irish connections from Kelly 9 The Castle Tree con’td 12-15 1 FEATHERSTONE FAMILY NEWS (Continued from page 1) He could na rise, though he essayed. The best at thief-craft or the ba' the Regality of Tindale (Tynedale) of which the He ne 'er again shall ride a raid. Scottish kings were feudal lords in the 12th and 13 Wat or Wattie Armstrong was one of the chief centuries. outlaw's sons and the thieves, bitterly angered by his death, vowed to lay waste to the whole In 1191 William the Lion gave the manor. along of the Border area before the winter had with the manors of Bellister and Plemellor to his passed. Unfortunately for them Carey laid daughter Isobel, upon her marriage to Robert de siege to their hideout in Liddesdale, captured Ros. Their son Robert de Ros inherited the estates their leaders and effectively broke up the gang. in 1227. ( He also owned the very important fortress of Wark on Tweed). The manor There were originally two towers in remained in the possession of her descendants for Haltwhistle, unfortunately only one remains several generations, passing through the female and it is now part of the Red Lion Hotel. The line to the Musgrave family in 1343 and to the other 'old pele tower' stood at the east end of Featherstonhaughs in the 16th century. Albany the town to the rear of Castle Hill. This hill is Featherstonhaugh sold it to Lord William Howard the prominent mound, its summit once of Naworth whom Sir Walter Scott depicts as a defended on two sides by Celtic earthworks is warlike Border magnate in his poem:- still discernible. In 1542 it was described as, 'the inheritance of Sir William Musgrave and His Bilboa blade, by' Marchment felt, in measurable good repair'. It is said to have Hung in a broad and studded belt,' been the official residence of the Bailiffs of Hence, in rude phrase. the Borderers still Haltwhistle. Called noble Howard, BELTED WILL. The Bailiff was a person of importance. acting Edward I rested at Haltwhistle in 1306 on his last under the authority of the Warden of the journey to Scotland. March. The tower is mentioned as early as 1416. About the Haltwhistle was raided in 1598 by one of the most 1870 the flagstone roof was Edward I rested notorious gangs of border raiders, the remove. This revealed very at Haltwhistle Armstrong’s of Liddesdale, who carried off much heavy oak beams. The stones in 1306 plunder and several prisoners. It was such a large had been secured to the beams scale plunder that the King of Scotland was with sheep shank bones. on his last written to and satisfaction demanded. The King journey to would have none of it. He stated that as the Nearby, Tarset Castle played a Armstrong’s inhabited the debatable lands they small part in the Scotland. were not subjects of his and that the English Featherstonehaugh history. It Warden had better take the matter in hand. Sir was situated upon a mound near to Lanehead, Robert Carey, Warden of the Middle Marches at Bellingham ( pronounced Bellinjum). that time, complained to his opposite number in Records relating to it are somewhat rare until Scotland but the Scottish Warden replied that he about 1524. The castle had originally belonged could do little, as the thieves were not answerable to John Comyn, of Badenoch. (I do not think to the king's law. Carey assembled 200 horsemen he was the infamous 'Wolf of Badenoch'). The and followed the thieves. He released the castle was fortified in 1267 and forty years prisoners and recovered the plunder. In the later it is recorded that the owner was skirmish. an Armstrong and one other were slain, assassinated by Robert Bruce. It was to Tarset which caused the Armstrongs to pay a return visit Castle that Ralph Fenwick of Wallington, the to Haltwhistle, where they plundered and set the then Keeper of Tynedale, went with horsemen town alight. According to the local ballad, from to apprehend the fugitives from South Tyne his high tower a certain Alec Ridley took careful concerned in the alleged murder of Albany aim and, Featherstonehaugh??? Then Alec Ridley he let flee, A clotheyard shaft ahint the wa'; It struck Wat Armstrong in the ee', “You must have heard the rumour, Went through his steel cap. heid Albany Featherstonehaugh. the High Sheriff' and a' of Northurmberland slain in 1530, in affray I wot it made him quickly fa'', (Continued on page 3) 2 FEATHERSTONE FAMILY NEWS (Continued from page 2) cable to change over was somewhat random. about 1 mile from his own castle". The ground was soft (for a change) and the fifth or sixth spade of earth brought out a glass Sir Walter Scott duped by a local historian. bottle, still with its screw in rubber stopper in wrote: place. It was not a modern bottle, but neither was it that old, about 1920-30 but the Hoot awa', lads hoot awa'. extraordinary thing was, around it’s middle Ha' ye heard how the Ridleys and Thirwells and were embedded in the glass the words a “LITTLEWOOD FEATHERSTONE”. At that Ha' set upon Albany FETHERSTONEHAUGH. period in my life I was not involved in And taken his life at Deadmanshaw? genealogy, but that bottle may have started me There was Williemonteswick, off subconsciously I still have the bottle, and I And Hardriding Dick. still know nothing of its history, who was And Hughie of Hawden, and Will of the Wa', Littlewood Featherstone, or is it Littlewood & I canno 'tell a' canno 'tell a' Featherstone. One day I will find out, when I and mony a mair that the de 'il may knaw. have more time. The amazing thing about this bottle is that, the place we had exposed the Fenwicks presence at the castle didn't please the cable was completely random just a hedgeback North Tyne men who sympathised with Ridley in the middle of the countryside even the and assembling a superior force they. " diligently bottles survival both while digging it out and set upon the said Sir Rauff" and chased him out while moving between various houses, it still of the district.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham
    — —;; 1 TRANSACTIONS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, #C. #C. $C. No. I.. Flora of Northumberland and Durham. By Nathaniel John Winch, PART I. PHtENOGAMOUS plants. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. The Privet is truly indigenous only in our Magnesian Limestone district, though straggling plants may be occasionally met with throughout the north of 1. SALICORNIA England. I. S. Iterbacca. Marsh Samphire, Jointed-glasswort Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 2 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 1 ; Berwick 4. FRAXINUS. Flora, 2; S. annua, Eng. Bot. 415. 1. F. excelsior. Common Ash. /3 S. procumbent. Procumbent Jointed-glasswort. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 14; Eng. Bot. 1G92; Hook. Fl. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 2 ; Eng. Bot. 2475. Scot. 3. a On the muddy sea shores and salt marshes of Tyne, |3 F. ftelcrophylla. Simple -leaved Ash. Wear, Tees, "&c, also at Holy Island. /3 in salt marshes at Saltholme, Hartlepool, D Mr. J. Sm. Eng. Fl. 14; Eng. Bot. 2476. Backhouse. « In woods and hedges. /3 in plantations. In the north, where the true Samphire is not known, A variety of the ash with leaves mostly simple. the Glasswort is sold under that name. 5. CIRCiEA. 2. HIPPURIS. 1. C. luteiiana. Common Enchanter's-nightshade. 1. H. vulgaris. Mare's-tail. Sm. Eng. Fl. i. 15; Eng. Bot. 1056; With. ii. i. iii. Sm. Eng. Fl. 4 ; Eng. Bot. 763 ; With. ii. 6 1 ; Hook. Fl. Scot. 4 ; Curt. Lond. Fasc. Curt. Fasc. iv. t. 1 ; Gr. Fl. Eds. 1. t. 3 ; Berwick Flora, 6. At Prestwick Carr, N. In the Skern near the bridge In moist shady woods and hedges, but not very com- at Darlington, and at Hell-kettles, D.
    [Show full text]
  • South Tyne Trail
    yg sections with easy going access going easy with sections globe footpaths, quiet roads and cycleways and roads quiet footpaths, 1 35flowers 7 At Dorthgill Falls, the moorland stream Tynehead meadows are a Like many other places, Ash Gill had mines. Close to Ashgill [email protected] The Source to Alston drops suddenly into the South Tyne Valley. riot of yellow in the spring: Force you can see a mine entrance, or ‘level’, remains of storage 561601 01228 tel: 8RR CA4 Carlisle, ¹⁄₂ This is an idyllic spot, with the waterfall early on come the bays and a water race but these are disappearing rapidly due to Bridge, Warwick Mill, Warwick 9 miles 15.5 km approx. Project Countryside Cumbria East curlews framed by a cluster of pines. kingcups and buttercups thoughtless dismantling. 2004 c then the rare globe O On the hill above The Source is a South Tyne gorge, Windshaw flowers can be seen. rocky limestone plain. Here the In spring and summer the wildflowers Later come the purple In the river bed, close to the rain percolates down into limestone are stunning: purple lousewort and meadow cranesbill footbridge, cockle fossils may be caverns before trickling to its orchids abound, yellow splashes of and many other seen like white horse shoes birthplace. Until 2002, The Source pimpernel and tormentil, then, meadow flowers. trotting over the dark limestone. was marked only by an old fence lower down, jewels of mountain post and was easily missed. The pansy and bird’s-eye primrose. from: funding massive sculpture by Gilbert Ward At the foot of Ash Gill, the South The insect-eating butterwort ECCP and Danby Simon Corbett, Val should remedy that.
    [Show full text]
  • The Source to Alston Drops Suddenly Into the South Tyne Valley
    sections with easy going access going easy with sections globe footpaths, quiet r quiet footpaths, oads and cycleways and oads 1 35flowers 7 At Dorthgill Falls, the moorland stream Tynehead meadows are a Like many other places, Ash Gill had mines. Close to Ashgill [email protected] The Source to Alston drops suddenly into the South Tyne Valley. riot of yellow in the spring: Force you can see a mine entrance, or ‘level’, remains of storage 561601 01228 tel: 8RR CA4 Carlisle, This is an idyllic spot, with the waterfall early on come the bays and a water race but these are disappearing rapidly due to Bridge, Warwick Mill, Warwick 9¹⁄₂ miles 15.5 km approx. Project Countryside Cumbria East curlews framed by a cluster of pines. kingcups and buttercups thoughtless dismantling. 2004 c then the rare globe O On the hill above The Source is a South Tyne gorge, Windshaw flowers can be seen. rocky limestone plain. Here the In spring and summer the wildflowers Later come the purple In the river bed, close to the rain percolates down into limestone are stunning: purple lousewort and meadow cranesbill footbridge, cockle fossils may be caverns before trickling to its orchids abound, yellow splashes of and many other seen like white horse shoes birthplace. Until 2002, The Source pimpernel and tormentil, then, meadow flowers. trotting over the dark limestone. was marked only by an old fence lower down, jewels of mountain post and was easily missed. The pansy and bird’s-eye primrose. from: funding massive sculpture by Gilbert Ward At the foot of Ash Gill, the South The insect-eating butterwort ECCP and Danby Simon Corbett, Val should remedy that.
    [Show full text]
  • A Landscape Character Assessment of Tynedale District and Northumberland National Park
    Final Report to Tynedale District Council and Northumberland National Park Authority A Landscape Character Assessment of Tynedale District and Northumberland National Park Julie Martin Associates The Round House Swale Cottage, Station Road Richmond North Yorkshire DL10 4LU 01748 826984 [email protected] with Alison Farmer Associates Countryscape Final Report to Tynedale District Council and Northumberland National Park Authority A Landscape Character Assessment of Tynedale District and Northumberland National Park June 2007 Ref 053 Julie Martin Associates The Round House Swale Cottage, Station Road Richmond North Yorkshire DL10 4LU 01748 826984 [email protected] with Alison Farmer Associates 10 Applecourt Newton Road Cambridge CB2 8AN 01223 461444 [email protected] and Countryscape 125 Ducie Street Manchester M1 2JW 0161 236 3432 [email protected] ii iii Contents 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Landscape Character Assessment .............................................................. 1 1.2 The Study Area ............................................................................................ 2 1.3 Purpose of the Landscape Character Assessment ...................................... 2 1.4 Benefits of Landscape Character Assessment ............................................ 4 1.5 Methodology ................................................................................................ 5 1.6 Content and Structure
    [Show full text]
  • Election of Parish Councillors for Acklington on Thursday 6 May 2021
    RETURN OF RESULT OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL Election of Parish Councillors for Acklington on Thursday 6 May 2021 I, Kelly Angus, being the Returning Officer for the Parish of Acklington at an Election of Parish Councillors for the said Parish report that the latest time for delivery of notices of withdrawal of candidature, namely Thursday 8 April 2021, having passed, the persons whose names appear in the accompanying list stood validly nominated and were duly elected without a contest. Name of Candidate Home Address Description (if any) BARRAS (address in Northumberland) David CRAIG (address in Northumberland) Lesley INGLEBY Sunrise Cottage, Guyzance Sharin Village, Morpeth, NE65 9AQ MALONE 8 Dairy Court, Acklington, Sean Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 9BH MEZZA (address in Northumberland) Tony NEWTON 14 Field House Close, Acklington, Jeffrey Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 9PE THORPE 11 Acklington Drive, Acklington, Stephen Lawrence Northumberland, NE65 9BX WHITELEY (address in Northumberland) Sybil Janet Dorice Dated Monday 12 April 2021 Kelly Angus Returning Officer Printed and published by the Returning Officer, County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF RETURN OF RESULT OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL Election of Parish Councillors for Acomb on Thursday 6 May 2021 I, Kelly Angus, being the Returning Officer for the Parish of Acomb at an Election of Parish Councillors for the said Parish report that the latest time for delivery of notices of withdrawal of candidature, namely Thursday
    [Show full text]
  • Some Account of Ancient Oaken Coffins Discovered on the Lands Adjoining Featherstone Castle, Near Ealtiohistle, Northumberland
    II.—Some Account of Ancient Oaken Coffins discovered on the lands adjoining Featherstone Castle, near Ealtiohistle, Northumberland. By THOMAS WILLIAM SNAGGE, Esq. M.A. Bead Feb. 3rd, 1870. IN the year 1825 some labourers who were employed in draining a swampy field upon a farm belonging to the Featherstone Castle estate came upon what seemed to be part of the trunk of an oak-tree. Finding that it impeded the progress of their work they endeavoured to cut it out with an axe, when to their surprise they discovered that the trunk was hollowed and contained some human bones, which, however, speedily became dust when exposed to the air. Proceeding with their work they found the remains of four more coffins of the same kind, in one of which was part of a skull. The workmen are said to have passed several coffins lying north and south, very near each other, and about 5 feet below the surface of the ground. At the instance of Mr. Wallace,* the owner of Featherstone, a letter describing the discovery was written to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle by his land- steward, Mr. Hutton. This letter gave but an imperfect account of the coffins. It was followed by another letter addressed to the same Society by Colonel Blenkinsopp Coulson, a gentleman who happened to be on the spot when the discovery was made. This letter adds nothing to our information except that it describes the coffin as " formed from the bole of an oak-tree which has been split by the wedge and hollowed out in a very rough manner to admit the body, the lid secured at the head and feet by wooden pins Few bones were found, and those after being exposed to the air shortly became dust."b It does not appear that the communication led to any discussion in the Society, or that any theory was raised respecting the date or origin of the coffins.
    [Show full text]
  • NORTH PENNINES ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FRAMEWORK Part 1: Resource Assessment
    NORTH PENNINES ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FRAMEWORK Part 1: Resource Assessment January 2019 Altogether Archaeology Research Framework. Part 1: Resource Assessment. January 2019. Altogether Archaeology Contents ALTOGETHER ARCHAEOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 4 COPYRIGHT ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 COVER IMAGE: ................................................................................................................................................... 4 PREFACE TO THIS VERSION OF THE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (JANUARY 2019) ................................................. 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 7 THE PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE NORTH PENNINES RESEARCH FRAMEWORK ............................................................ 7 General introduction ................................................................................................................................. 7 The structure of the North Pennines Archaeological Research Framework ................................................. 7 Using and maintaining this Research
    [Show full text]
  • Shared Visions: North-East Regional Research Framework for The
    Shared Visions: The North-East Regional Research Framework for the Historic Environment by David Petts with Christopher Gerrard Shared Visions: The North-East Regional Research Framework for the Historic Environment by David Petts with Christopher Gerrard and contributions by David Cranstone, John Davies, Fiona Green, Jenny Price, Peter Rowe, Chris Tolan-Smith, Clive Waddington and Rob Young Front Cover: Geophysical survey of the Roman settlement at East Park, Sedgefield (Co. Durham). © Archaeological Services Durham University © Durham County Council & the authors, 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Durham County Council, 2006 ISBN 1-897585-86-1 Contents Foreword Summaries Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1 2. Resource assessment: scientific techniques 7 3. Resource assessment: Palaeolithic and Mesolithic 11 (with John Davies, Peter Rowe, Chris Tolan-Smith, Clive Waddington and Rob Young) 4. Resource assessment: Neolithic and Early Bronze Age 21 5. Resource assessment: Later Bronze Age and Iron Age 33 6. Resource assessment: Roman 43 (with Jenny Price) 7. Resource assessment: early medieval 61 8. Resource assessment: later medieval 73 9. Resource assessment: post-medieval 85 (with David Cranstone and Fiona Green) 10. Resource assessment: 20th century 109 11. Research agendas: introduction 119 12. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic research agenda 121 13. Neolithic and Early Bronze Age research agenda 127 14. Late Bronze Age and Iron Age research agenda 135 15. Roman research agenda 143 16. Early medieval research agenda 155 17.
    [Show full text]
  • The Haltwhistle Rings Walk 09
    THE HALTWHISTLE RINGS WALK 09 ‘Coal Mines and Prison Camps!’ Length: 7.8 mls/12.5 km Grade: 2 Moderate scent/descent: 715ft/218 m OS explorer OL 43 Hadrian’s Wall gpx file: A pleasant and varied walk beside the Hartley Burn from its source to the River South Tyne. It offers good views, changing vistas and wooded valleys. There are also features of the area’s mining history. Start: The Lay-by south east of Halton-Lea-Gate. (NY 65755845) By car: From Haltwhistle go west along the A69, and take the second turning left signposted ‘Alston, Halton- Lea- Gate and Coanwood’, passing Bellister Castle. Follow the road to a T-junction at Lambley then turn right onto the A689. Halton-Lea-Gate is approximately ½ ml/1 km. The Lay-by is on the right hand side just before the village. If you must park in the village, please park considerately and be aware that this is a fast, busy road. Did you know? The earliest railway in this area was Lord Carlisle’s 19th century wagonway which carried coal from Hartleyburn Common. It linked the collieries of Lambley, Midgeholm and Roachburn with Brampton. Sections of the line were still in use in use in the 20th century and evidence of it can still be seen. George Stephenson’s famous ‘Rocket’ spent its final working days here in Halton-Lea-Gate when it was used as a stationary haulage engine on the steep slope of the track. The line was eventually linked to the Alston-Haltwhistle line at Lambley.
    [Show full text]
  • Walk the Way in a Day Walk 14 Hartleyburn and Thirlwall Commons
    Walk the Way in a Day Walk 14 Hartleyburn and Thirlwall Commons As well as crossing moorland terrain, the varied route 1965 - 2015 encompasses a railway trail and quiet roads running through lovely countryside. Lambley Viaduct, Thirlwall Castle and Featherstone Castle are just some of the historical points of interest along the way. Length: 14¼ miles (23 kilometres) Ascent: 1,821 feet (555 metres) Highest Point: 948 feet (289 metres) Map(s): OS Explorer OL Map 43 (‘Hadrian’s Wall, Haltwhistle & Hexham’) (West Sheet) Starting Point: South Tyne Trail car park, Rowfoot (NY 682 607) Facilities: Inn. Website: http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/pennine-way/route/walk- way-day-walk-14-hartleyburn-and-thirlwall-commons Lambley The starting point is reached by turning off the Haltwhistle bypass (A69) near Bellister Castle and following an unclassified road signed for Coanwood. Arriving at Rowfoot, a side road runs past the Wallace Arms Inn to the former railway station. The first part of the walk follows the South Tyne Trail for 1½ miles (2½ kilometres), with the route of the former branch line heading south-south-west towards Lambley. Passing through another car park, cross straight over a road and continue along the pleasantly shaded track, which runs above steep, wooded slopes. Eventually the track runs onto Lambley Viaduct, which offers breathtaking views - although vertigo-sufferers will be in a hurry to cross. At the end of the viaduct are locked gates - Lambley Station being privately owned - so the route turns down wrought iron steps to follow a path along the wooded Walk 14: Hartleyburn and Thirlwall Commons page 1 valley side.
    [Show full text]
  • The Rare and Scarce Plants of South Northumberland 2014 Introduction
    The Rare and Scarce Plants of South Northumberland 2014 Quentin J. Groom, Gordon Young and A. John Richards Published 12 July 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1480492 [CC BY 4.0] Introduction The Vice-County Rare Plant Registers are an initiative of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) to summarise the status of rare and conservation-worthy plants in each vice-county. The intention is to create an up-to-date summary of the sites of rare plants and their status at these sites. Rare Plant Registers intend to identify gaps in our knowledge, aid conservation efforts and encourage monitoring of our rare plants. Changes from the 2013 register We have updated the register with observations collected during 2014. Many species accounts have been improved with regard to their historical observations. Also, national threat statuses have been changed to those of the England red-list (Stroh et al., 2015). During the review of the register the following taxa have been added, Carum carvi, Cirsium eriophorum, Draba incana, Euphrasia micrantha, Galium boreale, Galium tricornutum, Gentianella amarella, Hieracium argutifolium Hieracium auratiflorum, Hieracium piligerum, Melica nutans and Seriphidium maritima. Native records of Cicendia filiformis and Saxifraga hypnoides are now considered to be errors. Criteria for Inclusion The guidelines of the BSBI were followed in the production of this Rare Plant Register. All native vascular plants with a national status of “rare” (found in 1-15 hectads in Britain) or “scarce” (found in 16-100 hectads in Britain) are included even if that species is not native to South Northumberland.
    [Show full text]
  • The Corbridge Lanx."
    TREASURE TROVE IN Jaortbumb erIaniJ. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's land-mark, which they or 01 ,1 time have set in thine inheritarlce.-Deut. xix. 14. H!PRI NTED DY GEORGE DOUGHIER RIOHARDSON, AT TIlE S[QN OF THE RIVER-GOD TYNE, CI,AYTON-STREET-WEST; PRINTER TO TEE SOCIETY Oli' ANTI~UARIES. AND TO THE TYPOGRAPHIOAL SOCIETY, DOTH OF NEWCASl'LE-UPON-TYNE, 1851. TO HUGH TAYLOR OF EARSDON HOUSE ESQ. A MAN WHO WIELDS TO ADMIRATION THE GREAT POWER WITH WHICH HE IS INVESTED AND WHOM THE EDITOR FOR MANY YEARS HAS BEEN PRIVILEGED TO CALL HIS FRIEND THIS TRACT IS MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. antJertisemeUt. be Corbridge Lanx and the Thorngrafton Treasure Trove are two of the most inter­ esting remains of the kind which have oc­ curred in Northumberland. It seemed to me desirable, that what had appeared in print re­ specting them, should be preserved as a tract, in con­ nection with our Typographical Society. I have therefore been induced to edit the present publication. The question of Treasure Trove is beginning to arrest the attention of antiquaries; and a strong opinion prevails in certain quarters, that the law on this sub­ ject should receive a statutory alteration vesting the property discovered in the finder. A change of this kind might, certainly, be the means of pre~erving some remains of antiquity important to the elucidation of history; but, as it appears to me, it would involve a violation of those rights of property which, in this land at least, we have been accustomed to regard as sacred.
    [Show full text]