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Parish of Eglingham
Sheet 25.11. Traces 1.5.6

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Wooperton Wooperton Jno Gray Esqr. Wooperton On Sheet A good substantial farm house & hamlet also
E. Cuthbert Shepherd Wooperton 25.11 extensive offices. About 6 miles S. S. E. of
Whellan’s Hist. Northumd p 644 Wooler, in the township of the same name.
Percy’s Leap Percy’s Leap Jno Gray Esqr. Wooperton On Sheet A small enclosure on the wes-side of the road from
E. Cuthbert Shepherd Wooperton 25.11 Wooler to Glanton, it is shaped like a horse shoe and
Whellan’s County Map contains two rough stones, said to mark the distance which
Sir Ralph Percy leaped on receiving his death-wound
while fighting for Henry VI during the wars of the roses
in the year 1464.
Mosshall Moss Hall Jno Gray Esqr. Wooperton On Sheet A Shepherd’s house in the township of
Walter Scott Shepherd Moss Hall 25.11 New Bewick. Occupied by Walter Scott.
Estate map in possession of J. C. Langlands Shepherd to Mr Morrison
(Old Bewick)
Mosshall Compounded agreeably
to survey usage
Robt Young
Corporal Royal Engineers

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