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Sheet 64 Plan 14 Parish of Morpeth

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
How Burn	How Burn	Mr Clark	52 Chains NWest	A small rivulet tributary to the
	How Burn	Mr Paterson	of Park House	River Wansbeck. It forms part of the
	How Burn	Mr Hudson		Eastern By of the Parish

Hanna’s Quarry	Hanna’s Quarry	Mr Clark	12 Chains North of	A large Quarry now in disuse ~~out of~~ from whence
	Hanna’s Quarry	Mr Paterson	Park House	the greater ~~[???]~~ part of the stones used
	Hanna’s Quarry	Mr Hudson		~~the place the Viaduct across the River~~
				in building the Viaduct across the River
				~~Wansbeck was got the greater part of its~~
				Wansbeck were obtained
				~~Stones~~. The name is derived from the
				surname of the person who first used
				the stones out of it

Castle Park	Castle Park	Mr Clark	See the pencil By	A large District which in former days
	Castle Park	Mr Paterson	given on the trace	was the Park to Morpeth Castle
	Castle Park	Mr Hudson

Northstead Banks	Northstead Banks	Mr Clark	66 Chains East of	Steep Wooded Banks on the South
	Northstead Banks	Mr Paterson	Park House	side of the River Wansbeck taking
	Northstead Banks	Mr Hudson		their name from a farm house that
				formerly was at their East end

				John Stewart Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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