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| Reaver Hill | Reaver Hill | Mr. Wm Welton (Builder) | 37 Chains West | An eminence Situated on | ||
| Reaver Hill | Mr. Wm Welton (Tailor) | of Ellwood | the north banks of the | |||
| Reaver Hill | Robt Shaftoe Esquire | House. | River North Tyne. the Sum- | |||
| mit of which is thickly cover- | ||||||
| ed with large bo |
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| from information obtained | ||||||
| in the vicinity it appears | ||||||
| that this feature derived its | ||||||
| name from the fact of it | ||||||
| having been a favourite resort | ||||||
| of Freebooters, it possesses | ||||||
| a commanding view of the | ||||||
| Surrounding district. | ||||||
| "Brockett’s Glossary" | ||||||
| Reaver a plunderer, or | ||||||
| freebooter; one who in the | ||||||
| days of Queen Bess – | ||||||
| when in the Border districts, | ||||||
| Every man’s hand Seem to | ||||||
| have been Set against his | ||||||
| neighbour – was alternately | ||||||
| the robber and the defender | ||||||
| of his Country – who alike | ||||||
| pillaged friend and foe. | ||||||
Note: Not signed
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