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Various modes of Spelling the same Names |
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| Bowchester | Bowchester | Mr James Short | On Sheet | This name applies to a field | ||
| Mr William Short | 19.8 & | a little east of Humbleton | ||||
| Estate Map | 19.4 | Buildings, and adjoining Low | ||||
| Humbleton. It is remarkable as | ||||||
| being the field in which a number | ||||||
| of Human Skeleton, Horses bones &c | ||||||
| have been found from time to time | ||||||
| particularly in the year 1853 when | ||||||
| four Human Skeletons were found | ||||||
| enclosed in Stone coffins or rather covered | ||||||
| with large Sandstone flags- The Skeletons | ||||||
| appeared to have been doubled up neck and feet | ||||||
| together-but on exposure to the air | ||||||
| they crumbled into dust- | ||||||
| Gallowlaw Hill | Gallowlaw Hill | Mr James Short | On Sheet | A low Knoll on the roadside about 1/2 | ||
| Mr William Short | 19.8 | a mile from Wooler on the way to | ||||
| Mr Robert Brown | Low Humbleton, remarkable like the | |||||
| above field for human remains at | ||||||
| different periods having been found in | ||||||
| turning up the soil – so plentyful | ||||||
| are they, that they are turned up by the | ||||||
| plough almost every year. Skulls | ||||||
| bones &c &c from the name it is inferred | ||||||
| this has been a place where criminals | ||||||
| were wont to be executed, a golden Cross was | ||||||
| found here between 1820 & 1830, date uncertain- | ||||||
| Robt Young Corporal Royal Engineers |
Note: Signature in header ('Collected by')
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Transcribed by PW and CTW
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