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Parish of St John Lee
Sheet 85 Plan 14

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
Post Office	Post Office	Simeon Mewburn Esqr	46 Chains S.E.	A plain looking small stone
	Post Office	Mr Gray Schoolmaster	of the Halfway	building letters arrive in the
	Post Office	Board	House	morning and are dispatched
				immediately by the letter Carrier

Cross	Cross	Simeon Mewburn	45 Chains S.E. of	There is not the smallest
(site of)	(site of)		Halfway House	remains of the cross it has
	Cross	Mr Cooper Acomb		been removed about 40 Years
	(site of)			ago & after being converted to
	Cross	Mr Elliott Schoolmaster Wall		many uses came into the
	(site of)			possession of Simeon Mewburn Esqr

Cross Bank	Cross Bank	Wrights History of Hexham	40 Chains S.W.	The turnpike road between Newcastle
	Cross Bank	Richard Gibson Esqr	of Halfway House	and Carlisle ascends the hill and
	Cross Bank	Mr Elliott		runs close to the Cross described
	Cross Bank	Simeon Mewburn Esqr		in ~~next~~ last page this portion of the
				road is well known by the name
				Cross Bank

				Thomas Jordan 2nd Corpl Rl Engrs

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Transcribed by LF and JW