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| Howdon Well | Howdon Well | Mr Wm Walker | About 14 chains S.E. | This was formerly a very good spring | ||
| Howdon Well | Mr Joseph Atkin | of Eastfield | well but at present it is nearly | |||
| Howdon Well | Mr John Knott | dry the name is well known | ||||
| ROMAN REMAINS | Roman Remains | Mr W Walker | 20 chains S. of | About the year 1735 there was found | ||
| (Found here) | (Found here) | the Vicarage | in a well which is now closed up | |||
| Roman Remains | Mr Thorburn | a valuable Roman plate now in the poss- | ||||
| (Found here) | ession of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland | |||||
| Roman Remains | Mr Snowball | It weighs 148 ounces and is 20 inches long and | ||||
| (Found here) | 15 broad, most of the work is in basse [relief] | |||||
| It represents a sacrifice to Apollo, whose image | ||||||
| stands in a small temple supported by 2 | ||||||
| Corinthian pillars, near to this figure sits | ||||||
| a priestess, upon a stool, and behind her is | ||||||
| a column with a globe upon it, near her | ||||||
| stands another in the same habit, and a third | ||||||
| that seems to have the attributes of Pallas near | ||||||
| the latter is a man with a bow in his |
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| hand & many other devices | ||||||
| See Hutchinsons | ||||||
| History of Northumberland Vol 1 p148 | ||||||
| Felix Gillespie Civil Assistant |
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