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| Ovingham | Ovingham | Mr. Dobson | In the West of the | This Village occupies an agreeable | ||
| Ovingham | Mr. Bedlington | plan. About 30 chains | situation on the North bank of the | |||
| Ovingham | Mr. Geldard | N.W. of Prudhoe | River Tyne, nine miles East of Hexham | |||
| Ovingham | White’s Directory | Castle | and 11 miles West of Newcastle. it | |||
| is irregularly built, And contains | ||||||
| a large and commodious Church, | ||||||
| two public houses And a post office | ||||||
| together with a number of small | ||||||
| cottages | ||||||
| River Tyne | River Tyne | Mr. Armstrong | In the West of the | For situation and description | ||
| River Tyne | Mr. Dunn | plan. About 30 chains | of this River |
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| River Tyne | Mr. Johnson | N.W. of Prudhoe | Sheet 95 Plan 8 | |||
| River Tyne | White’s Directory | Castle | ||||
| Ovingham Ferry | Ovingham Ferry | Mr. Johnson | In the West of the plan | This name applies to a Ferry plying | ||
| Ovingham Ferry | Mr. Armstrong | about 25 chains | across the River Tyne from the Village | |||
| Ovingham Ferry | Mr. Dobson | N.W. of Prudhoe | of Ovingham to the South side of the | |||
| Castle | River.there is a "weir" formed here | |||||
| for the purpose of increasing the | ||||||
| depth of the water in order to afford | ||||||
| greater facility for the boat | ||||||
| crossing and recrossing | ||||||
| John McMahon Civil Assistant |
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