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Parish of Bamburgh Sheet 16-11

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Spindleston Heughs	Spindleston}	Mr. John Gillie (Tenant)	On Sheets	A Steep cliff, and Several small
	Heughs}	Mr. George Turnbull	16.7 &	rocky eminences, on the farm of
		Mr. William Davison	16.11	Spindleston, ~~and~~ about 1/2 a mile
		Mr. James Bolam		north of the farmhouse, on the
		Hutchinson’s View of		top of the highest cliff which is
		Northumberland P 162		nearly perpendicular, and the Strata
				Vertical, is are the remains of a British
				Camp, in good preservation, the place
				where it is situated being impossible
				to cultivate, these heughs, presents
				a remarkable feature, on the South
				Side, having a very bold appearance.
				This is the place where the
				"Laidley Worm" was, for the
				legend of which, see Name Book
				of sheet 16-7. There is a stone
				standing a short distance out
				from the Cliff of about 10 feet
				high, over which it is said that
				Child Wynd threw the bridle of
				of his Steed, when he came here
				to fight with the Laidley Worm.

				John McCabe

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Transcribed by HL and DW