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Sheet 51 Plan 2 Parish of Elsdon

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Trinity Church Trinity Church Edward Lawson Esq. 62 chains South A neat stone edifice situated on the
(Chapel of Ease) Trinity Church Mr Dixon East of Hopesley House. North side of the Turnpike Road about
Trinity Church Mr Nicholson, Incumbent 1/2 mile West of Horsley Inn. This Church
of Byrness is dedicated to the Holy Trinity & was built
in 1844 at a cost of £725 of which sum
the church building society gave £150, the diocesan society £50, Lord Redesdale gave the site
stone and a donation of £100 and the Duke of Northumberland contributed £150, the
remainder was obtained by voluntary subscription. It is a Chapel of ease to Elsdon
Parish and forms a joint living with Byrness. (Perpetual Curacy)
Rochester Rochester Mr Coulson 12 chains South A straggling Village situated on the North
Rochester Mr Amos West of Hopesley House. side of the Turnpike Road leading
Rochester Mr Dodd from Newcastle to Jedburgh about 8 miles
Rochester Whites Directory West of Elsdon. The Village consists
Rochester List of County Voters of several small cottages in a good
Rochester MacLauchlan’s Memoirs of state of repair with vegetable gardens
Watling Street Page 33 attached. The Village extends from the
Rochester Hodgson’s History of Northumberland School House to the Bridge.
(Duke of Northumberland, Lord of the Manor)
J. Doherty Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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