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'''Chirton Hall''' or '''Chirton House''', occasionally spelled '''Churton''' and originally '''Cheuton''', was a country house in [[Chirton, Northumberland|Chirton]], in what is now a western suburb of [[North Shields]], [[Tyne and Wear]], northeast England. Historically, the house was in the county of [[Northumberland]].
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'''Chirton Hall''' or '''Chirton House''', occasionally spelled '''Churton''' and originally '''Cheuton''', was a country house in [[Chirton, Northumberland|Chirton]], in what is now a western suburb of [[North Shields]], [[Tyne and Wear]], North East England. Historically, the house was in the county of [[Northumberland]].


==History==
==History==
Ralph Reed sold his land in Chirton to [[John Clarke II]] (d. 1675)<ref name="historyofparliamentonline.org1983">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/clarke-john-ii-1675|title=Clarke, John II (d.1675), of Chirton, Northumb.|year=1983|publisher=The History of Parliament Trust|accessdate=25 November 2011}}</ref> in 1672. The [[Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland|Countess of Northumberland]] gave Clarke, an agent of [[Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland]],<ref name="Committee1907" /> the materials to build the hall from the demolished [[Warkworth Castle]].<ref name="Tomlinson1968">{{cite book|last=Tomlinson|first=William Weaver|title=Tomlinson's comprehensive guide to Northumberland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=F3AKAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|date=November 1968|publisher=David & Charles|page=410}}</ref><ref name="Reprints of rare tracts & imprints of ancient manuscripts, &c: chiefly illustrative of the history of the northern counties">{{cite book|title=Reprints of rare tracts & imprints of ancient manuscripts, &c: chiefly illustrative of the history of the northern counties|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h-ssAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA24|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1849|publisher=Printed at the press of M.A. Richardson|page=24}}</ref> The labour to build the large, plain, brick house<ref>Mackenzie (1825), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-RtNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA457#v=onepage&q&f=false| p. 457]</ref> came from the Percy estate.<ref name="historyofparliamentonline.org1983" /> The text of Clarke's documented letter from 1672 is shown to the right.
In 1672, Ralph Reed sold his land in Chirton to [[John Clarke (died 1675)|John Clarke]],<ref name="historyofparliamentonline.org1983">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/clarke-john-ii-1675|title=Clarke, John II (d.1675), of Chirton, Northumb.|year=1983|publisher=The History of Parliament Trust|accessdate=25 November 2011}}</ref> an agent of [[Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland]].<ref name="Committee1907" /> The [[Elizabeth Percy, countess of Northumberland|Countess of Northumberland]] gave Clarke the materials to build the hall from the demolished [[Warkworth Castle]].<ref name="Tomlinson1968">{{cite book|author-link= William Weaver Tomlinson|last=Tomlinson|first=William Weaver|title = Comprehensive guide to Northumberland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3AKAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|orig-year= 1888|year= 1968|publisher=David & Charles|page=410|isbn=9780715343111}}</ref><ref name="Reprints of rare tracts & imprints of ancient manuscripts, &c: chiefly illustrative of the history of the northern counties">{{cite book|title=Reprints of rare tracts & imprints of ancient manuscripts, &c: chiefly illustrative of the history of the northern counties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-ssAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA24|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1849|publisher=Printed at the press of M.A. Richardson|page=24}}</ref> The labour to build the large, plain, brick house<ref>Mackenzie (1825), [https://archive.org/details/anhistoricaltop00mackgoog/page/n481 p. 457]</ref> came from the Percy estate.<ref name="historyofparliamentonline.org1983" /> The text of Clarke's documented letter from 1672 is shown to the right.


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Clarke spared many of the castle walls because he found it would be more expensive to pull them down than to purchase new stones from the quarry.<ref name="Chatto1835">{{cite book|last=Chatto|first=William Andrew|authorlink=William Andrew Chatto|title=Rambles in Northumberland and on the Scottish border ; interspersed with brief notices of interesting events in border history|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PO4-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA56|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1835|publisher=Chapman and Hall|page=56}}</ref> Clarke's widow, Jane (d. 1694), married [[Philip Bickerstaffe]] (MP for [[Berwick (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick]] in 1685) in 1675,<ref name="Committee1907" /> and Chirton Hall became his seat.<ref name="Tyne1945">{{cite book|author=Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne|title=Archaeologia aeliana, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1pgbAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1945|publisher=Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|page=119}}</ref> On August 1, 1699, Bickerstaffe surrendered his copyhold lands in Chirton to Sir [[Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|William Blackett]] who sold the hall to [[Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll]].<ref name="Committee1907">{{cite book|author=Northumberland County History Committee|title=A history of Northumberland|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UWsgAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1907|publisher=A. Reid, Sons & Co.|pages=2, 241, 322}}</ref>
Clarke spared many of the castle walls because he found it would be more expensive to pull them down than to purchase new stones from the quarry.<ref name="Chatto1835">{{cite book|last=Chatto|first=William Andrew|author-link=William Andrew Chatto|title=Rambles in Northumberland and on the Scottish border ; interspersed with brief notices of interesting events in border history|url=https://archive.org/details/ramblesinnorthu00chatgoog|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1835|publisher=Chapman and Hall|page=[https://archive.org/details/ramblesinnorthu00chatgoog/page/n68 56]}}</ref> After he died in 1675, Clarke's widow, Jane, married [[Philip Bickerstaffe]] (MP for [[Berwick (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick]] in 1685) the same year<ref name="Committee1907" /> and Chirton Hall became his seat.<ref name="Tyne1945">{{cite book|author=Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne|title=Archaeologia aeliana, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1pgbAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1945|publisher=Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|page=119}}</ref> Jane died in 1694.


On 1 August 1699 Bickerstaffe surrendered his copyhold lands in Chirton to Sir [[Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|William Blackett]] who sold the hall to [[Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll]].<ref name="Committee1907">{{cite book|author=Northumberland County History Committee|title=A history of Northumberland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWsgAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1907|publisher=A. Reid, Sons & Co.|pages=2, 241, 322}}</ref>
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[[Robert Lawson (high sheriff)|Robert Lawson]], the [[High Sheriff of Northumberland]] in 1707, resided at Chirton Hall; at the time, there were adjoining plantations.<ref name="ParsonSheffield)1828" /> It was owned by the Milburns in the early 18th century and, through marriage, it was passed to the Roddams, and then the Collingwoods.<ref name="Russell1891">{{cite book|last=Russell|first=William Clark|title=Collingwood|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9AsyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA185|accessdate=21 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1891|publisher=Methuen and co.|pages=185–}}</ref> In 1767, the owner was [[James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson]].<ref name="Commons1861">{{cite book|author=Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons|title=House of Commons papers|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=g90SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150|accessdate=21 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1861|publisher=HMSO|pages=150–}}</ref><ref name="Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle">{{cite book|title=Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eiU7AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA50|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1767|page=50}}</ref> It became a property of Lord [[Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood]] (1748-1810), a notable naval commander, as well as his cousin, [[Edward Collingwood (barrister)|Edward Collingwood]] (1734 – 1806), a commissioner of [[Greenwich Hospital (London)|Greenwich hospital]],<ref name="Committee1907" /> and a barrister who ordered the construction of [[Dissington Hall]].<ref name="Mackenzie1827">{{cite book|last=Mackenzie|first=Eneas|title=A descriptive and historical account of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne: including the borough of Gateshead|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CPsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA436|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1827|publisher=Mackenzie and Dent|page=436}}</ref><ref name="Lewis">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50875|author=Lewis, Samuel|title=A Topographical Dictionary of England|year=1848|pages=599–603}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dissingtonhall.co.uk/history.php|title=The Builder - Mr Collingwood|publisher=Dissington Hall|accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref> After Edward Collingwood's death in 1806, the house passed to his brother, John Collingwood.<ref name="Mackenzie1827"/>


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[[Robert Lawson (high sheriff)|Robert Lawson]], the [[High Sheriff of Northumberland]] in 1707, resided at Chirton Hall and by that time, there were adjoining plantations.<ref name="ParsonSheffield)1828" /> It was owned by the Milburns in the early 18th century and, through marriage, it was passed to the Roddams, and then the Collingwoods.<ref name="Russell1891">{{cite book|last=Russell|first=William Clark|title=Collingwood|url=https://archive.org/details/collingwood00russ|accessdate=21 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1891|publisher=Methuen and co.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/collingwood00russ/page/185 185]–}}</ref> In 1767, the owner was [[James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson]].<ref name="Commons1861">{{cite book|author=Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons|title=House of Commons papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g90SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150|accessdate=21 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1861|publisher=HMSO|pages=150–}}</ref><ref name="Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle">{{cite book|title=Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eiU7AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA50|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1767|page=50}}</ref> It became a property of [[Edward Collingwood (barrister)|Edward Collingwood]] (1734 – 1806), a commissioner of [[Greenwich Hospital (London)|Greenwich hospital]],<ref name="Committee1907" /> and a barrister who ordered the construction of [[Dissington Hall]].<ref name="Mackenzie1827">{{cite book|last=Mackenzie|first=Eneas|title=A descriptive and historical account of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne: including the borough of Gateshead|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA436|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1827|publisher=Mackenzie and Dent|page=436}}</ref><ref name="Lewis">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50875|author=Lewis, Samuel|title=A Topographical Dictionary of England|year=1848|pages=599–603}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dissingtonhall.co.uk/history.php|title=The Builder - Mr Collingwood|publisher=Dissington Hall|accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref> then of his cousin, Lord [[Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood]] (1748-1810), a notable naval commander. After Cuthbert Collingwood's death in 1810, the house passed to his brother, John Collingwood.<ref name="Mackenzie1827" />
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In 1828, a '''West Chirton Hall''' belonged to [[Michael Robson]] (1783-1837), a coal baron.<ref name="ParsonSheffield)1828">{{cite book|last1=Parson|first1=William|last2=White|first2=William |title=History, directory, and gazetteer, of the counties of Durham and Northumberland: and the towns and counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Together with Richmond, Yarn, and detached places appertaining to the bishopric and palatinate of Durham; including copious lists of the seats of nobility and gentry, and a variety of commercial, agricultural, & statistical information ...|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MbA3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA441|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1828|publisher=Printed for W. White & Co. by E. Baines and Son|page=441}}</ref><ref name="Thompson2004"/> The last reported owner was his daughter, Annie Robson, who married on 23 August 1843.<ref name="Thompson2004">{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Roy|title=Thunder underground: Northumberland mining disasters, 1815-1865|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=u6sgAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=2004|publisher=Landmark|isbn=978-1-84306-169-4|page=129}}</ref> In 1870, portions of the Chirton estate were sold off in numerous lots.<ref name="Fordyce1876">{{cite book|last=Fordyce|first=T.|title=Local records: or, Historical register of remarkable events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, with biographical notices of deceased persons of talent, eccentricity, and longevity|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=B90xAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA53|accessdate=21 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1876|publisher=T. Fordyce|pages=53–}}</ref> Chirton Hall fell into ruins by the mid 19th century and no longer exists; in 1968, it was reported that little more than the piers of the gateway remained.<ref name="Lewis"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tynelives.org.uk/memoirs/page1.htm |title=The memoirs of Cissie Ewen:Life in Chirton |publisher=www.tynelives.org.uk|accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref> The reason for its abandonment and subsequent decline was rapid urban sprawl, as well as the factory and council house development in the vicinity (the population of Chirton had grown from about 1000 to over 5000 in just 27 years), which reportedly left the owners "curled up and dying in shame".<ref name="ParsonSheffield)1828"/><ref name="Westall2001">{{cite book|last=Westall|first=Robert|title=The Machine Gunners|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PHVzgxE_oGEC&pg=PA8|accessdate=21 November 2011|date=18 May 2001|publisher=Macmillan Children's|isbn=978-0-330-39785-8|page=8}}</ref><ref name="Tomlinson1968"/>

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In 1828, a '''West Chirton Hall''' belonged to [[Michael Robson]] (1783-1837), a coal baron.<ref name="ParsonSheffield)1828">{{cite book|last1=Parson|first1=William|last2=White|first2=William |title=History, directory, and gazetteer, of the counties of Durham and Northumberland: and the towns and counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Together with Richmond, Yarn, and detached places appertaining to the bishopric and palatinate of Durham; including copious lists of the seats of nobility and gentry, and a variety of commercial, agricultural, & statistical information ...|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MbA3AAAAYAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1828|publisher=Printed for W. White & Co. by E. Baines and Son|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MbA3AAAAYAAJ/page/n450 441]}}</ref><ref name="Thompson2004" /> The last reported owner was his daughter, Annie Robson, who married on 23 August 1843.<ref name="Thompson2004">{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Roy|title=Thunder underground: Northumberland mining disasters, 1815-1865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6sgAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=2004|publisher=Landmark|isbn=978-1-84306-169-4|page=129}}</ref> In 1870, portions of the Chirton estate were sold off in numerous lots.<ref name="Fordyce1876">{{cite book|last=Fordyce|first=T.|title=Local records: or, Historical register of remarkable events which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, with biographical notices of deceased persons of talent, eccentricity, and longevity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B90xAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA53|accessdate=21 November 2011|edition=Public domain|year=1876|publisher=T. Fordyce|pages=53–}}</ref>

Chirton Hall had fallen into ruins by the mid-19th century and no longer exists. In 1968, it was reported that little more than the piers of the gateway remained.<ref name="Lewis" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tynelives.org.uk/memoirs/page1.htm |title=The memoirs of Cissie Ewen:Life in Chirton |publisher=www.tynelives.org.uk |accessdate=21 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425235121/http://www.tynelives.org.uk/memoirs/page1.htm |archive-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Haunting==
==Haunting==
In the 19th century, it was reputed to be haunted by the former mistress of the Duke of Argyle who lived there.<ref name="ParsonSheffield)1828" /> The sound of her silk dress was reported to have been heard, her ghost being known as "Silky".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/northumberland/nhumdata.php|title=Northumberland - Paranormal Database Records|publisher=Paranormal Database|accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref> The road on which the building was located subsequently became known as "Silky Lane".<ref name="White1933">{{cite book|last=White|first=William|title=Notes and queries|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DYEEAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1933|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=620}}</ref>
In the 19th century, it was reputed to be haunted by the former mistress of the [[Duke of Argyll]] who lived there.<ref name="ParsonSheffield)1828" /> The sound of her silk dress was reported to have been heard, her ghost being known as "Silky".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/northumberland/nhumdata.php|title=Northumberland - Paranormal Database Records|publisher=Paranormal Database|accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref> The road on which the building was located subsequently became known as Silkey's Lane.<ref name="White1933">{{cite book|last=White|first=William|title=Notes and queries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYEEAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=21 November 2011|year=1933|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=620}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:16, 7 December 2022

Not to be confused with Churton Hall in Cheshire.

Chirton Hall or Chirton House, occasionally spelled Churton and originally Cheuton, was a country house in Chirton, in what is now a western suburb of North Shields, Tyne and Wear, North East England. Historically, the house was in the county of Northumberland.

History

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In 1672, Ralph Reed sold his land in Chirton to John Clarke,[1] an agent of Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland.[2] The Countess of Northumberland gave Clarke the materials to build the hall from the demolished Warkworth Castle.[3][4] The labour to build the large, plain, brick house[5] came from the Percy estate.[1] The text of Clarke's documented letter from 1672 is shown to the right.

"William Milbourne, -Being to take downe the materialls of Warkworth Castle, which are given to me by the Countess of Northumberland to build a house at Cheuton, I doe desire you to speake to all hir ladishipps tenants in Warkworth, Birlinge, Buston, Acklington, Shilbottle, Lesbury. Longhaughto, and Bilton, that, they will assist me with their draughts as soone as conveniently they can, to remove the lead and tymber which shall be taken downe, and such materialls as shall be fitt to be removed, and bringe it to Cheuton, which will be an obligation to theire and your friend, JO. CLARKE."

Clarke spared many of the castle walls because he found it would be more expensive to pull them down than to purchase new stones from the quarry.[7] After he died in 1675, Clarke's widow, Jane, married Philip Bickerstaffe (MP for Berwick in 1685) the same year[2] and Chirton Hall became his seat.[8] Jane died in 1694.

On 1 August 1699 Bickerstaffe surrendered his copyhold lands in Chirton to Sir William Blackett who sold the hall to Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll.[2]

Robert Lawson, the High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1707, resided at Chirton Hall and by that time, there were adjoining plantations.[9] It was owned by the Milburns in the early 18th century and, through marriage, it was passed to the Roddams, and then the Collingwoods.[10] In 1767, the owner was James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson.[11][12] It became a property of Edward Collingwood (1734 – 1806), a commissioner of Greenwich hospital,[2] and a barrister who ordered the construction of Dissington Hall.[13][14][15] then of his cousin, Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1748-1810), a notable naval commander. After Cuthbert Collingwood's death in 1810, the house passed to his brother, John Collingwood.[13]

In 1828, a West Chirton Hall belonged to Michael Robson (1783-1837), a coal baron.[9][16] The last reported owner was his daughter, Annie Robson, who married on 23 August 1843.[16] In 1870, portions of the Chirton estate were sold off in numerous lots.[17]

Chirton Hall had fallen into ruins by the mid-19th century and no longer exists. In 1968, it was reported that little more than the piers of the gateway remained.[14][18]

Haunting

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In the 19th century, it was reputed to be haunted by the former mistress of the Duke of Argyll who lived there.[9] The sound of her silk dress was reported to have been heard, her ghost being known as "Silky".[19] The road on which the building was located subsequently became known as Silkey's Lane.[20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Clarke, John II (d.1675), of Chirton, Northumb". The History of Parliament Trust. 1983. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Northumberland County History Committee (1907). A history of Northumberland. A. Reid, Sons & Co. pp. 2, 241, 322. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  3. ^ Tomlinson, William Weaver (1968) [1888]. Comprehensive guide to Northumberland. David & Charles. p. 410. ISBN 9780715343111. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  4. ^ Reprints of rare tracts & imprints of ancient manuscripts, &c: chiefly illustrative of the history of the northern counties. Printed at the press of M.A. Richardson. 1849. p. 24. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  5. ^ Mackenzie (1825), p. 457
  6. ^ Mackenzie, Eneas (1825). An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland, and of those parts of the county of Durham situated north of the river Tyne, with Berwick upon Tweed, and brief notices of celebrated places on the Scottish border. ... Mackenzie and Dent. p. 116. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  7. ^ Chatto, William Andrew (1835). Rambles in Northumberland and on the Scottish border ; interspersed with brief notices of interesting events in border history. Chapman and Hall. p. 56. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  8. ^ Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (1945). Archaeologia aeliana, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. p. 119. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  9. ^ a b c Parson, William; White, William (1828). History, directory, and gazetteer, of the counties of Durham and Northumberland: and the towns and counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Together with Richmond, Yarn, and detached places appertaining to the bishopric and palatinate of Durham; including copious lists of the seats of nobility and gentry, and a variety of commercial, agricultural, & statistical information ... Printed for W. White & Co. by E. Baines and Son. p. 441. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  10. ^ Russell, William Clark (1891). Collingwood (Public domain ed.). Methuen and co. pp. 185–. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  11. ^ Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons (1861). House of Commons papers (Public domain ed.). HMSO. pp. 150–. Retrieved 21 November 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle. 1767. p. 50. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  13. ^ a b Mackenzie, Eneas (1827). A descriptive and historical account of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne: including the borough of Gateshead. Mackenzie and Dent. p. 436. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  14. ^ a b Lewis, Samuel (1848). "A Topographical Dictionary of England". pp. 599–603.
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