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Parish of Warden Sheet 84 Plan 12

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Thornton Tower Thornton Tower (Remains of) Mr. Geo. Ridley 46 Chains South West of The remains of an ancient Tower
(Remains of) Thornton Tower (Remains of) Mr. Drummond Prudhamstone House (date not known) situated on rising
Thornton Tower (Remains of) Mr. Douglas. ground a little north of "Newbrough"
Thornton Tower Hodgsons Histy of Northumberland the most perfect of its walls are the
Thornton Tower List of Co Voters north and East ones being about 7 feet
in height its south & west walls forms
part of the adjacent farm buildings
a great quantity of the facing stones
have been taken away for the purpose
of building the cellarage of a very
handsome mansion in its immediate
locality viz "Newbrough House" the
remainder of the existing walls consist
merely of small stones and cement (say
course concrete) the farm house adjacent to the
Tower. Is known by Thronton Tower & to shew this object prom-
enantly on the plan, I consider from the information received that
the object in question is worthy of the important character as written
on plan.
John Davison
Sapper Royal Engineers

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