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| Twizell Castle | Twisel Castle | Captn Blake | On sheet | A spacious and antique looking fabric | ||
| Stephen Smith | 9.4 | standing om a most preminent rocky | ||||
| Northumberland Directory | precipice on the north bank of the River Till | |||||
| and seen from all parts of the surrounding | ||||||
| Twizell – Parish Name List P. 29 | country at a great distance, the erection of | |||||
| Twizell Castle – Grases Antiquities of | this Mansion was commenced about 74 | |||||
| Northumberland Vol.IV Page 141 | years ago and was intended as a redidence | |||||
| for the Blake Family, owing to some cause it | ||||||
| has never been completed, the lower part of | ||||||
| the building has been made habitable for a | ||||||
| few families of labourers employed on | ||||||
| the estate. | ||||||
| St Helen’s Well | St Helen’s Well | Captn Blake | On sheet | A fine spring issuing from the rocks | ||
| Note to Marmion | 9.4 | to the north side of the Till about | ||||
| Northumberland Directory | 1/4 of a mile eastward from Twizell Castle | |||||
| the spring falls into a basin which is | ||||||
| stated to have been built with stonework | ||||||
| and used for medicinal purposes. It | ||||||
| is now choked with rubbish and only | ||||||
| presents the appearance of an ordinary | ||||||
| spring.* | ||||||
| Cat Well | Cat Well | Captn Blake | On sheet | A small spring well near Twizell Castle | ||
| Stephen Smith | 9.4 | and its water is used by the residents | ||||
| William Scott | therein, it is uncertain how the | |||||
| name originated. | ||||||
| *The tradition is that St. Helen drank out of this well | ||||||
| It is remarkable only for the Purity & Coldness | ||||||
| of its water | ||||||
| William Boyd Civil Assistant | ||||||
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