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Sheet 16-5 Parish of Belford

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Westhall West Hall Revd Jno Dixon Clark On sheet A stone building two storeys high,
West Hall Mr. Jas Robertson 16.5 of modern erection, and built on the
West Hall Mr. Richd Wightman, Tenant site of the "anient Manor-house"; having
Westhall Compounded, agreeably to out-buildings, Garden, and a farm of land
Survey usage attached, the property of Revd J.D. Clark.
Berwick Shire, Naturalists Club, "About the year 1823, when some workmen were emp-
No.2, Vol:IV; Page 89 loyed in enlarging the Mill pond, formerly part of
the Moats of Belford Castle, they discovered, close
to the foundation on the south side, some human bones
and a pair of bronze spurs, which have been richly
Guilt, and are still in a good state of preservation
(now in the possesion of the Revd J.D.Clark) – The rowels
ae 2 1/2 inches in diameter, with 20 points; supposed to be of
the period of King Edward IV, A.D. 1461."
Moat Moat Revd Jno Dixon Clark On sheet Slight vestiges of a Moat, supposed to
(Remains of) (Remains of) Mr. Jas Robertson 16.5 have surrounded the "Ancient Manor-house"
Moat Mr. Richd Wightman, Tenant of Belford, while in existence.
(Remains of)
John Callanan
2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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