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Parish of Holy Island (Detached) Sheet 6-4

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Murton Murton Mr Richard Makins, Tenant on Sheet A neat, and substantial dwelling,
Murton Mr James Watson, Unthank 6.4 two stories high, and slated, having
Murton Mr William Makins, Thornton Main neat garden, very extensive, and well
arranged offices, comfortable dwellings
for the laborers, employed on the farm,
and each having a small garden
attached. It is the property of
James Grieve Esqr "Ord House" –
Gamesgreen Plantation Gamesgreen Plantation Mr Richard Makins, Tenant on Sheet A small plantation of fir trees,
Mr James Watson, Unthank 6.4 on the farm of "Murton", and about
Mr William Makins, Thornton Main half a mile north of the farmhouse,
it is very open, the greater portion
of the trees having been blown down,
owing to its exposed situation
It gets this name from the field
on the south side of it, being where
Games were carried on when, an
open Common – [???] then
known as "Games Green" –

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