1 86 DR. GILLT ON NORHAM CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD. 



ing in 1801, shows that it has been the practice of the seve- 

 ral vicars, from that time to the present, to insert memoranda 

 of events, and notes connected with the parish, which have 

 been thought worthy of being recorded. For example : — 



" An exact map of the lands belonging to the vicarage of 

 Norham, in 1734" P. 177. 



*' A terrier of the glebe, lands, houses, and portions of 

 tithes, fees, and dues belonging to the vicarage of Norham, 

 made and attested by the vicar, churchwardens, and gentle- 

 men of the vestry, Easter Tuesday, April 16, 1734." P. 179-180. 



" The succession of ministers to the vicarage of Norham, 

 from 1617 to 1831." 



" Memorandum of an ancient custom touching the procla- 

 mation of banns of marriage, and the scorning of the kirk, 

 by Thos. Drake, vicar, 14 Dec. 1736." P. 176. 



Sundry memoranda by the vicars relating to the common 

 and its enclosure, and to the foundation of a free school (p, 

 119-120), to vicarage repairs, to rights of pews, to repairs 

 and enlargement of the church, (pp. 82-83, 86, 87, 121, 123, 

 169), to the building of Ladykirk and Norham bridge, pp. 

 88-89, and to the building of the new schools in Norham 

 and Shores wood, pp. 80-81. 



Ancient History of Norham Church. — The site of Nor- 

 ham church and churchyard is a scene of great interest to 

 the antiquary. Ubbanford was its ancient name, and there 

 is reason to believe that a Roman temple once stood here. 

 Several large carved stones have been dug up, which bear 

 the character of Roman sculpture, and one still preserved in 

 the pillar erected in imitation of the Bewcastle Cross, was 

 evidently a portion of the ornamented capital of a column of 

 considerable dimensions. 



It is not unlikely that a Christian shrine of some sort was 

 built on this spot, before or during the episcopate of Cuthbert, 

 and was constructed of materials previously used for a heathen 

 temple. But the first church on this site, of which we have 

 any historical description, was erected, according to Simeon 

 of Durham, in the reign of Eanred, by Ecgred Bishop of Lin- 

 disfarne. " Post quem Ecgredus XXII ano imperii Eanredi 

 regis in proesulatum est suUimatus, vir natu nobilis et 



