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| Low Chibburn | Low Chibburn | John Annett Esqr | 65 Chains N.E. of | This is a very ancient structure | ||
| Low Chibburn | Richard Stamp | Widdrington Castle | and has been much larger at | |||
| Low Chibburn | William Mather | one period the walls are from | ||||
| Chibburn | List of Co Voters | three to four feet thick the lofting | ||||
| Low Chibburn | Whellan’s Directory | consist of large oak beams from | ||||
| Low | 1 1/2 to 2 feet |
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| Chibburn |
White’s Directory | flooring is of black oak. This place | ||||
| "At Low Chibburn is a very old strong building, which has been moated round." | has been visited by many Antiquarians | |||||
| "The walls of the Chapel still remain entire, and are now covered with a thatched | and their opinions |
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| "roof, and used as a barn by the farmer who occupies the ancient house, which | the Knights Templars and was built | |||||
| "was approached from the north by a strong arched gateway, and was surrounded | about the year 1150 it appears to have | |||||
| "by a thick wall." Copied from White’s Directory Vol:2 P.553 | been built for defensive purposes | |||||
| as the fosse or ditch is still | ||||||
| traceable it has been for many | ||||||
| years occupied as a farm house | ||||||
| but is at present inhabited by | ||||||
| agricultural Laborers | ||||||
| Chapel | Chapel | John Annett Esqr | 65 Chains N.E. of | This appears to have been a | ||
| (Ruins of) | (Ruins of) | Richard Stamp | Widdrington Castle | Catholic |
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| Chapel | William Mather | as the holy water vases are still | ||||
| (Ruins of) | visible it is attached to the Main building | |||||
| Chapel | (Low Chibburn) and appears to | |||||
| (Ruins of) | have been erected about the same period | |||||
| the greater portion of the walls are | ||||||
| still standing some agricultural | ||||||
| Laborers were excavat |
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| three or four years since and |
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| found some human |
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| sculls in the interior of the building | ||||||
| Thomas Grehan Civil Assistant | ||||||
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Transcribed by JW and LF
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