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Parish of Belford Sheet 12-14

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Cockly Knowes Cockly Knowes Mr. William Bowey, Old Law On Sheet A few small elevations along
Cockly Knowes Mr. RalphWilliam Elliot, Elwick 12.14 the Highwater Mark, on the east
Cockly Knowes Mr. Ralph Frater, Ross side of Ross Links, they get
this name from Cockles, being
obtained in Fenham Flats
immediately opposite.
Stinking Gut Stinking Gut Same Authorities On Sheets A small stream, having its
12.10 & source from drains made in the
12.14 arable land, in the northeast of
Elwick township, enters Fenham
Flats at the boundary between
Ross, And Elwick townships
but Keeps a Northerly course, till
it enters Low Water, at Broad-
-water Head – It gets this name
from the offensive Smell of the
vegetable matter, which lie, in, and
around it at the beach.
John McCabe

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