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| Battle Cross | Battle Cross | Mr Ferguson | About 44 chains S.E. | This is the site of the ancient Battle Cross which was | ||
| (Site of) | Battle Cross | Mr Pattison | of Greenchesters | removed in 1777 to a more prominent position at that | ||
| Battle Cross | Mr Snaith | period, according to White’s History of the Battle | ||||
| Battle Stone | White’s History of the Battle of Otterburn | of Otterburn, it consisted of a stone about 3 feet | ||||
| (site of) | high and in a perpendicular or rather an oblique | |||||
| direction, for it was too small for the socket or base | ||||||
| in which it was placed. The top of the socket was | ||||||
| visible with a quantity of loose stones around the base. | ||||||
| It is generally believed that this ancient relic was | ||||||
| erected on the exact spot where the dead body of | ||||||
| James Earl of Douglas |
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| succeeding the Battle of Otterburn | ||||||
| Otterburn School | Otterburn School | Mr Ferguson | About 29 chains S.E. | A neat stone building with Masters’ dwelling and | ||
| Otterburn School | Mr Snaith | of Greenchesters | garden attached which was erected by Miss Davison | |||
| Otterburn School | Mr Heron | and is altogether a private school, the Masters salary is | ||||
| composed of a free House and garden and a yearly donation | ||||||
| of Five Pounds from Miss Davison and the weekly | ||||||
| payments of the children. The School is not in any way | ||||||
| connected with the National Board of Education nor is | ||||||
| it subject to Government Inspection. Mr Ferguson is | ||||||
| the present teacher. | ||||||
| Edw. Gillespie Royal Engineers |
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Transcribed by SW
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