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| Bull Ring | Bull Ring | George Tate Esq. | About 1 chain E of | A large circular stone with a hole on the centre | ||
| Bull Ring | William Dixon Esq. | the Town Hall | sunk level with surface (probable date 1765) there was formerly a | |||
| Bull Ring | F Holland Esq | large iron ring inserted in the centre of the stone | ||||
| to which the bulls were secured when the vulgar | ||||||
| sport of Bullbaiting was practised here but | ||||||
| this amusement has been discontinued about the | ||||||
| beginning of the present century at which time the | ||||||
| iron ring was removed but the stone still remains | ||||||
| The mile distances on all the roads leading from | ||||||
| Alnwick are measured from this |
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| The Freemens | The Freemens Arms Inn | George Tate Esq. | About 630 links S |
A good stone building with suitable | ||
| Arms Inn | The Freemens Arms Inn | William Dixon Esq. | of the Town Hall | accommodation and licensed as a public Inn under | ||
| The Freemens Arms Inn | Name on Sign | this name. It was formerly called William | ||||
| the Fourth | ||||||
| Edw. Gillespie |
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Transcribed by PW and CTW
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