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Parish of Chillingham Sheet 20.16 Trace 1 and 3

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The Dell The Dell Mr Wm Hardy bailiff to Ld Tankerville See Sheet A small dell or glen on the E. of the
Jno Mechie Gamekeeper Hebburn Lodge 20:16 Castle, through which flows Chillingham
Burn, well wooded, traversed by footpaths.
Yaxes Plantation Yaxes Plantation Mr Wm Hardy bailiff to Ld Tankerville See Sheet A small plantation in Chillingham
Jno Mechie Gamekeeper Hebburn Lodge 20:16 Park, so called. It is said to be a
corruption of "Oxe’s Plantation"
Robin Hood’s Bog Robin hood’s bog Mr Wm Hardy bailiff to Ld Tankerville See Sheet This name applies to a marshy piece
Jno Mechie Gamekeeper Hebburn Lodge 20.12 of ground planted with mixed wood near
the head of Chillingham Park, it is not
These names being all within the Park, and the one always the name of the wood, but, the soft ground
in – few people know them but Mr Hardy & the Gamekeeper on which it is planted.
Robert Young
Corporal Royal Engineers

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