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Blackett Beaumont esq. D.L., ;f.P. is ord of the manor. The railway. Beaufront Castle, the seat of Henry F. Swan esq. principal landowners are Nathaniel George Clayton esq. D.L., is an elegant mansion of stone, standing on an acclivity ;f.P. of Chesters, Hexham, and the trustees of the late and surrounded by beautifuland extensive pleasure grounds William Cuthbert esq. The soil is loamy; subsoil, gravel. and woodlands overlooking the riverTyne. SandhoeHouse, The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. the property of the trustees of the late Sir John Massey National School (mixed), supported in part by the trustees Errington bart (d. 1893) and now (1894) unoccupied, is a of the late William Cuthbert esq.; Miss Annie Dodd, mist mansion 1)f stone, standing on an elevation on the north HEXHAM BRIDGE END is a hamlet. bank of the Tyne, surrounded by pleasure grounds and Letters through Hexham, which is the nearest money order beautiful walks; within the mansion is a private theatre. & telegraph office, arrive at 9 a.m. WALL LETTER Box, The t,rustees of the late Sir J. M. Errington bart. and the cleared at 4 p.m trustees of the late William Cuthbert esq. are chief land­ owners. The area of the township with and Anick Anick Grange, formerly a township, was, March 25, Grange is 2,573 acres of land and 70 of water; rateable J887, a.dded to Sandhoe. value, £4,43°; the population in 1891 was 439. Sandhoe township is situated on the north side of the Letters through Hexham, which is the nearest money order river Tyne, 2~ miles north-east from Hexham and 2 north­ & telegraph office, arrive at 9.45 a.m west from station on the Newcastle and Carlisle WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 3.35 p.m West Acomb. Hutchinson Thomas & Sons, camel'S Whitehead Thomas, Oakwood cottage Allgood Miss, Hermitage Hutchinson William,brick & tile manu· Fenwick John & Son, dyers & cleaners, Bone James R. house facturer, Howford brick & tile works Bridge end Gibson Wilfrid. Acomb house Jameson Robert, farmer,East Oakwood Fenwick Henry, shoe maker Henderson Charles William Chipchase, MarshallEdward,farmer,OldBridge end Heslop William, farmer The Riding Mclver Donald, jobbing gardener Lee John & Sons, farriers, Bridge end Heslop Misses Nichol J ames, shoe maker Ord John, farmer Sherman Rev. Christian Paul T.A.K.C.L. Nicholson Cuthbert, draper Pigg William, farmer Rectory Ridley John, beer retailer Pringle Robert, farmer Walton John Pears Ridley John Kitchen, Thomas, George, Wilson Matthew, beer retailer William & Robert, farmers, High &; COMMERCIAL. Low Barns Anick Grange. Barnes John, farmer, Salmons well Ridley Robson, butcher Sanderson J obn, farmer Baty Hannah (Miss), dairy Ridley WaIter, carrier Baty lsaac, shoe maker Robson John, joiner Sandhoe. Bell Jonathan Robert, farmer, Newrift Robson Robert, Queen's Arms P.R Bennett William, shoe maker Shield Elizabeth (Miss), milliner Hemstead Rev. Alfred M.A. [curate], CragieJohn &Charlton,frmrs.Garden ha Shield George, builder Stagshaw . English Andrew, grocer StobbsJsph.&Wm.farmers,Acombstead Liddle Cha-rles, Sandhoe High house Errington Thomas Benson, farmer, Stobbs Annie (Mrs.), Sun inn Straker Mrs. Stagshaw house Acomb buildings SUI·tees George, farm bailiff to C. W.C. Swan Henry F. Beaufront castle Hall George, earthenware dealer Henderson esq.TheRiding,Riding fm Bell WilIiam, tailor, :Fawcett hills Henderson Joseph, registrar of births & Walton & Cowper, lead, coal & barytes Elliott Robert, Fox & Hounds P.R. & deaths & relieving officer for Choller- mines blacksmith ton district, Hexham union Walton Doretta (Mrs.), grocer Nixon Thomas, farmer, Fawcett hills Henderson Robert, deputy registrar of Weir William, farmer, West Oakwood " Robson James, farmer, Red house births & deaths for Chollerton sub- Weddell Margaret (Mrs.), Halfway Sewell James, farmer, Mount Pleasant district, Hexham union House P.R. & farmer Stappard Dorothy (Mrs.),farmer, Stag- Henderson Robert, lead & coal agent Wilkinson Robert, grocer shaw bank Herdman John, farmer, Acomb Fell ho Stappard Thomas, farmer, Black hill Herdman Robert, farmer, Fern hill Auick. Stokoe Ralph & WiUiam. blacksmiths Heslop William, farmer, Broom park Fenwick Thomas John, Bridge end Wilkinson James & William, farmers, Hunter Thomas, market gardener Henderson James, The Poplars Beaufront HilI head . Hutchinson John & Sont tailors Sutherland Robt.Jas. Burdess,Anick ho Wilson Robert, shoe maker LESBURY is a. township, village and parish, on the and gravelly. The crops are wheat, barley, beans and northern bank of the Aln, over which is an ancient bridge turnips. The area is 4,°42 acres; rateable value, £8,140; of two ardi'es; it is half a mile north-east from Alnmouth the population in r891 was 943. Junction station on the North Eastern railway, and 3~ miles east from Alnwick, in the Berwick-upon-Tweed di\"ision of Hawkhill is a hamlet in Lesbury, on the road leading the county, south division of Bamburgh ward, East Coquet,- from Alnwick to Warkworth and on the north bank of the dale petty sessional division, Alnwick union and county Aln, 2~ miles east-by-south from Alnwick; it consists of one court district, rural deanery of Alnwick, archdeaconry of farm, in the occupancy of Mr. L. Calvert Chrisp. North· Lindisfarne and diocese of Newcastle. A portion of the east is Shell Law's hill, an ancient British burying ground, parish on the south of the river Aln is in the eastern division in which several urns have been discovered. of Coquetdale ward. The church of St. Mary, repaired in Bilton is a hamlet on the road leading from Alnwick to r846, is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, con- Lesbury, with a station called Alnmouth on the main line sisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle and an of the North Eastern railway, and is the junction of the line embattled western tower containing 2 bells: in 1891 two for the town of Alnwick, from which it is 3t miles south­ memorial stones were found under the communion table, east by road. one of which is inscribed to William Fenwicke, vicar of Lesbury and Shilbotle, ob. 20 Sept. 1688, and the other to Wooden is a township 4 miles 1J0uth-east-by-south from Edward Shanks, vicar of Lesbury and Shilbotle, ob. 7 Aug. Alnwick; it is locally within the eastern division of Coquet­ 17r6: the chancel roof is of ancient oak: there are 300 dale ward. sittings. The register dates from the year 1691. The Parish Clerk, Ralph Holt. living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £~10, gross POST & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office (Rail- yearly value £2°4, with 3 acres of glebe and residence, in way Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Northum- the gift of the Duke of Northumberland K.G., P.C., and held berland added).-Miss Jane Flintoff, sub-postmistress. since 1885 by the Rev. Alfred Augustus Edmundson, of St. Letters arrive at 4.40 & 7.30 a.m. &5.45 p.m.• dispatched Aidans. The Primrose League club, erected in 1887, is a at 3.40, 4.45 & 9.15 p.li. ; sundays, arrive at 7.30 a.m. ; building of stone, comprising reading, billiard and com- dispatched at 4.40 p.m. Alnmouth is the nearest tele- mittee rooms, and a ladies' room, and has a library of about graph office 400 volumes; there are now (x894) 330 members. The WALL LETTER Box, Alnmouthstation, clearedats.25p.m.; Percy Foxhounds, of which WaIter Selby esq. is master, are sundays, 5.25 p.m kept here, and hunt the district Monda.ys and Fridays WALL LETTER Box, Bilton, cleared at 3.25 p.m. dUling the season. Alnwick, Belford and Wooler are con- National School (mixed), erected in 1857 by Algernon, 4tb venient places for hnnting visitors. There is an extensive Duke of Northumberland, for 232 children; average corn mill in the village, worked by Mr. Arthur Thew. attendance, 130; Ralph Holt, master; Mrs. Holt, The Duke of Northumberland K.G., P.C. is lord of the manor mistress and chief landowner. The soil is loamy; subsoil, clayey Railway Station, Alnmouth, WiUiam:Hardie, station master Lesbury. Holt Ralph Cobb William, shopkeeper Edmundson Rev. Alfred Augustus Patten Mrs. Holme house Dixon WiIliam, joiner [vicarJ, Vicara~e COllIMERCIAL. Egdell Jas.&Robt.farmers,Waterside ho Gibson Thomas George.J.p. Lesbury ho Bell James Elliott. farmer, Town foot Ord Robson &; Geo. farmers, Field ho