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Bothall in Northumberland County England History and GeographyBOTHALL, a parish in the eastern division of MORPETH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Ashington with Sheepwash, Bothall-Demesne, Longhirst, Old Moor, and Pegsworth, and containing 658 inhabitants, of which number, 198 are in the township of Bothall-Demesne, 3 miles (E.) from Morpeth. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £25. The Duke of Portland was patron in 1810. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, contains a fine alabaster tomb, representing some member of the family of Ogle, and his lady, in a recumbent position, and at the head four ecclesiastics in niches, decorated with tabernacle work. The ancient parochial church stood at Sheepwash, where the parsonage house now is. Between the village and the river Wansbeck are the ruins of an oratory, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. A school-room, with a house for the master, was built in 1817, by the Duke of Portland, who allows the master £10 per annum, in addition to the interest of £80 left by the Rev. Mr. Stafford, in 1716. Coal abounds within the parish. Bothall was made a barony by Richard I., and was some time in the possession of the family of Bertram, but passed by marriage to Sir Robert Ogle, who bequeathed his paternal estate to his son Robert, and the barony of Bothall to his youngest son John; but the former, with a force of two hundred men, obtained possession of Bothall, from which, however, he was ejected by the parliament: having subsequently distinguished himself in the cause of the House of York, he was created Baron of Bothall, and first Lord Ogle, of Ogle. The barony is now the property of the Duke of Portland, who holds a court leet and baron for it. The castle is in ruins, a large tower gateway and fragments of the outer walls, being the only parts that remain. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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