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Hallystone in Northumberland County England History and GeographyHALLYSTONE, a parish in the western division of COQUETDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Barrow, Dueshill, Hallystone, Harbottle, and Linsheeles, and containing 468 inhabitants, of which number, 132 are in the township of Hallystone, 7 miles (W. by N.) from Rothbury. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Allenton in 1811, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland, and diocese of Durham. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Near it are the foundations of an ancient priory, built by one of the Umfravilles, of Harbottle castle, for Benedictine nuns: the revenue, at the dissolution, was estimated at £15. 10. 8. There are also the remains of an old castle, which, for its singular strength, was used as a place of security before the union of the two kingdoms, and in which it is said a princess was born, from whom sprang the present royal family. On the southern bank of the Coquet, which runs through the parish, are vestiges of an old edifice called Barrow-Peel; and a little to the westward is Ridlee cairn hill, both supposed to have been cemeteries of the ancient Britons, Poised on the summit of a lofty hill, near which is a lake called Harbottle loch, is a large stone, called the Drake stone. There is a fine basin of water, called Lady's Well, beautifully variegated at the bottom with green and white sand; and encircled by a wall of hewn stone. On the introduction of Christianity into Northumbria, it appears that about three thousand persons were baptized at this place by Paulinus. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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