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Parish of Ovingham Sheet 95 Plan 4

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
Whittle Burn	Whittle Burn	Mr. Fairbairn	about 43 chains	A burn having the its Source in the
	Whittle Burn	Mr. Armstrong	West of Broom	Township of Welton, and after
	Whittle Burn	Mr. Nesbit	Plantation	Materially feeding the reservoirs of
				the Whittle Dean Water Company, &
				Working a corn Mill, ultimately
				falls into the River Tyne at the
				Village of Ovingham

Lonkin’s Hall	Lonkin’s Hall	Mr. Mordue	About 16 chains	This is the local name applied
(Ancient Remains)	(ancient remains)		S.W. by West of	to some ruins in Whittle Dean
	Lonkin’s Hall	Mr. Hutchinson	Heathery Ford	Supposed to have been a religious
	(ancient remains)			house, and to have been the abode
	Lonkin’s Hall	Mr. Nesbit		of Robbers, in the reigns of
	(ancient remains)			Henry 6th & Edward IV.
	remains of an ancient building, }	White’s Directory Vol: II P. 603
	supposed to have been a religious house}
	Remains of an ancient building}	Mackenzie’s History
	not unlike a religious house }

Heathery Ford	Heathery Ford	Mr. Hutchinson	about 16 chains	This name applies to a
	Heathery Ford	Mr. Fairbairn	N.E. by E. of Lonkin’s	ford where the old road between
	Heathery Ford	Mr. Mordue	Hall	Newcastle & Hexham crossed
				the Whittle Burn (no trace of
				the road remains)

				John McMahon Civil Assistant

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Transcribed by DP and DW