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Sheet 95 Plan 5 Parish of Corbridge

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Farnley Banks Fearnley Banks John Grey Esq About 3 chains S. of the A steep wooded bank sloping towards the River
Fearnley Banks Mr Glover River Tyne part of which has been recently planted and part of
Fearnley Banks Mr Goodrick it is grown over with Brush Wood
Farnley Tunnel Fearnley Tunnel Mr Dunn About 2 chains S. of An excavation on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Fearnley Tunnel Mr Marshall Fernley Scar cut through a small sand Hill it is quite straight and
Fearnley Tunnel Mr Hall arched with common bricks
Bloody Acres Bloody Acres Mr Thomson About 15 chains N of A large pasture field there is a traditional account
Supposed site of a battle Bloody Acres Mr Marshall Maiden Green of this Feild being once the scene of an important
Bloody Acres Mr Hall Battle and still retains this name The name
Bloody Acres Whellan’s Directory is founded on supposition as neither history
Bloody Acres White’s Directory nor tradition give the time of the engagement
Thornbrough Haugh Thornbrough Haugh Mr Thomson About 6 chains W. of A large flat pasture field on the North bank
Thornbrough Haugh Mr Marshall Thornbrough Wood of the River Tyne
Thornbrough Haugh Mr Hall
Edw. Gillespie
Sapper Royal Engineers

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