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Byrness Byrnes Revd John Nicholson MA About 40 chains S.E. A small Hamlet situated on the North bank of
Byrness Mr Dodd of Spithopehaugh the Rede consisting of a small church and School
Byrness Mr Robson The parsonage, a large Farm House and two cottages
Barness Co Voters list the property of Lord Redesdale
The Parsonage The Parsonage Rev. John Nicholson About 35 chains S.E. An elegant stone edifice of modern erection
The Parsonage Mr Dodd of Spithopehaugh the residence of the Rev. John Nicholson MA incumbent
The Parsonage Mr Robson of Byrness Church
Church Church Rev. John Nicholson MA About 41 Chains S.E. A neat stone edifice erected by public subscription about the
(Per. Curacy) Church Mr Dodd of Spithopehaugh Year 1793 on a plot of ground for generations used as a burial
Church Mr Robson ground it is a Chapel of Ease to Elsdon Church in the Year 1800 it
was endowed with £1750 of which £1200 was given by Rev.
L. Dutens then Rector of Elsdon £400 by the governors of Queen
Anne’s Bounty and £150 by the subscribers to the edifice, these sums
have been invested in the Funds and also in landed property
the annual proceeds of which forms the incumbents yearly
Salary who in addition to his spiritual duties is bound to
instruct twelve poor children within a limited distance
gratuitously. The living is a perpetual Curacy in the patronage
Said to be dedicated of the Rector of Elsdon for the time being
to St John Rev. John Nicholson MA Incumbent. The Church has no
See Ph Name Book dedicatory name
Edw. Gillespie
Sapper Royal Engineers

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