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| Horncliffe | Horncliffe | William Brown, (Publican) | On sheet | A small irregularly built village, | ||
| Horncliffe | William Embleton | 6.2 | situated on the east side of the "Tweed" | |||
| Horncliffe | Ralph Cleghorn | about 4 1/2 miles from Berwick, and three | ||||
| from Norham; the principal part of the | ||||||
| houses are old and of an inferior | ||||||
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| gardens attached; there are in it | ||||||
| a Public House, Post Office, |
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| Shop, |
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| Manse & School. The greater part of it is small | ||||||
| Freeholds and occupied by the proprietors | ||||||
| the remainder belongs to William | ||||||
| Mather Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne. | ||||||
| It is said to have derived the | ||||||
| name from having been, at a remote | ||||||
| period, inhabited by Horners, i.e. | ||||||
| workers in Horn, and it being situated | ||||||
| on a cliff, was called (the) Horners’ Cliff | ||||||
| now "Horncliffe". | ||||||
| Fisher’s Arms | Fisher’s Arms | William Brown, (Publican) | On sheet | A good house, two stories high, | ||
| (PH) | (PH) | William Embleton | 6.2 | having an Ale & Spirit License, and | ||
| Ralph Cleghorn | having a good garden attached. | |||||
| It is in the northeast end of Horncliffe | ||||||
| Village & occupied by Mr Wm Brown. | ||||||
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