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Elsdon in Northumberland County England History and GeographyELSDON, a parish in the southern division of COQUETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Elsdon ward, Monkridge ward, Otterburn ward, Rochester ward, Troughend ward, and Woodside ward, and containing 1848 inhabitants, of which number, 299 are in the township of Elsdon ward, 18½ miles (W.N.W) from Morpeth. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, rated in the king's books at £20, and in the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland. The church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a large cruciform structure. A few years since, in clearing away the earth against the north transept, upwards of one hundred skeletons were discovered, lying in double rows alternately between the legs of each other. The river Reed and the new Edinburgh road intersect the parish. There are some fine seams of coal, which, with limestone and iron-stone, is obtained in abundance. A fair for cattle, sheep, linen and woolen cloth, is held on the 26th of August. Elsdon is supposed to have been a Roman town, and the first of a chain of forts between Watling-street and the Devil's causeway. North-east of the village is an ancient intrenchment, called Moat-hill, which, from the relics discovered in it, seems to have been used as a place of sepulture by the Romans. About two miles to the north-west is Tod-law, an eminence upon which are three large columns of stone, in a triangular position, said to have been set up to the memory of some distinguished Danish leaders. Elsdon castle was erected by David, King of Scotland; it is a strong tower building, now the rectory-house, the lower story of which is spanned by a single arch, having in front the armorial bearings of Umfraville, Lord of Prudhoe, who died about 1325. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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