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Belford Parish Sheet 12-7 Trace 4, 12-11 Trace 1

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Burrows Hole Burrows Hole Admiralty North Sea Pilot Guide On Sheet The channel between ‘Parton Stiel’ and ‘Long
Burrows Hole Mr. Ralph Wilson; Harbour Master H.I. 12.7 Ridge’, extending from the Harbour Bar – which
Burrows Hole Mr. Wm Bowey, Keeper, Old Law lies betwixt ‘Parton Stiel’ and ‘Ridge End’. –
Burrows Hole Mr R Stamp, Schoolmaster H.I to near ‘Law Scap’ on the west, and the ‘way’
so narrow and the bottom that so foul, that
only ships in a great strait will anchor in it.
Parton Stiel Parton Stiel Same authorities On sheets A point at Low Watermark, at the south end
12.7 & of the bar entrance to Holy Island Harbour,
12.11 near ‘Burrows Hole’, formed of sand, boulders,
a few flat or surface rocks, and sea weed,
and a dangerous place to ships in a gale
that miss the Bar, – many vessels having been
wrecked upon it; Off it Crab fishing is much followed.
Dollar Banks Dollar Banks Same authorities On sheet Sand banks on ‘Old Law’ to the west of ‘Parton
12.11 Stiel’ on which some foreign ship having
been wrecked, a number of dollars were washed
upon these banks, which are now named
after the Coin found on them.

Note: Unsigned

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Transcribed by KF

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