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Sheet 52 Plan 3 Parish of Elsdon

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Raw Raw Mr Snaith About 41 chains N.W A very good stone building having all the
Raw Mr Thomas Brown of Graslees necessary appendages pertaining to a good
Raw Mr Charlton Farm House. The property of Lord Decis and
Raw Whites Directory in the occupation of Mr Thomas Brown Farmer
Shaw Cleugh Shaw Cleugh Mr Snaith About 38 chains N.W. A small stream which flows a little to the
Shaw Cleugh Mr Brown of Graslees South of Highshaw and falls into Penchford Burn
Shaw Cleugh Mr Smith
Peel Peel Mr Snaith About 42 chains N.W. A very ancient stone building formerly used
(Remains of) Remains of Mr Charlton of Graslees as a Border stronghold the walls of which are
Peel Mr Crammond about 6 feet thick. it is not known by whom it
Remains of was erected nor what chieftain occupied it last
Peel it is now used as a barn by Mr Brown. It was used
(Remains of) as a dwelling up to 1791 when its last occupier an
old woman called Margaret Crozier was
brutally murdered in this building, William Winter
the perpetrator of this atrocious deed was tried
and executed at Morpeth and his body brought
back and hung in chains on a prominent
location within sight of the scene of this
foul deed
Edw. Gillespie

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Transcribed by JTP

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