An Essay Towards a History of Hexham Illustrating Its Ancient and Its Present State, Civil and Ecclesiastical Economy, Antiquities and
by Andrew Biggs Wright (9781150428296)

Title: An Essay Towards a History of Hexham ... Illustrating Its Ancient and Its Present State, Civil and Ecclesiastical Economy, Antiquities and Statistics Subtitle: With Descriptive Sketches of the Scenery and Natural History of the Neighbourhood General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1823 Original Publisher: W. Davison Subjects: Hexham (England) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ADDITIONAL NOTES 3to the Present tate. ' Chap. i. p. 19. " The Row or Pudding Chare." -- The more common name is Pudding Row. Chap. ii. p. 22. " On the division of the common in 1792." -- May 3d, 1755, it the date of the award made by the commissioners on the division of Hexham common. Chap. ii. p. 25. " The name Skinner Hum." -- The court rolls shew that from the earliest period the skinners and tanners have been the principal people of property in Hexham. In a note on Note 5, p. 222, of Sir Walter Scott's " Lay of the Last Minstrel," Canto I. we find " Skinner's Field, near Melrose, so called by a corruption from Skirmish Field." The vicinity of the Battle Hill may give a colour to such a derivation here. Chap. ii. p. 28. " On Tyne Green stands a wind-mill,

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