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| Old Law | Old Law | Mr Wm Bowey; gamekeeper to o. Law | On Sheets | An |
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| Old Law | Mr R Wilson; Harbour Master, H.I. | 12.6 | Belford parish, about 3/4ths of a mile long | |||
| Old Law | Mr. R Stamp; Schoolmaster, H.I. | 12.7 | and 1/8th do Broad, comprising Sand hills, | |||
| 12.10 & | banks, and Shingle, the property of Lord | |||||
| 12.11 | Tankerville – who has a keeper residing in | |||||
| the only dwelling upon it. For watching | ||||||
| the Oysterbed in the vicinity, game &c | ||||||
| about the middle of the island, on the | ||||||
| East side, there is a house in which a | ||||||
| small lifeboat is kept, for launching | ||||||
| in an emergency when the Holy Island | ||||||
| lifeboat cannot put off. | ||||||
| At the north end of the island are | ||||||
| two beacons composed of stone and brick, | ||||||
| the east one 77 feet high, and the other | ||||||
| 124 feet, erected by the Trinity house, Newcastle, | ||||||
| which derives ‘Anchorage and Beaconage’ dues | ||||||
| from vessels entering Holy Island Harbour. | ||||||
| Guile Point | Guile Point | Same Authorities | On Sheet | A small headland contiguous to the keeper’s house | ||
| 12.6 | at the N W end of Old Law, which, on approach- | |||||
| ing from the South makes the actual distance to Holy | ||||||
| Island appear much shorter. | ||||||
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