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Two miles below the Stake-ford^ is 

 fii'ir'nyi] w. : 



Gambols, a fmall hamlet on the fouthern banks, and at the ojli- 

 um, of the Wansbeck, belonging to Matthew Ridley, Efq; Here the 

 river is ufually called Cambols-Water, and Ckw&wV-Harbour. It is 

 navigable to the Stake-ford for fmall veflels of about 30 tons bur- 

 then. There are two keys on the north fide ; one called the Low, 

 and the other the High, Key ; the latter on the eftate of Sir Tho- 

 mas Clavering, Bart, a great export of corn and grind ftones from 

 them, and a confiderable import of No r-w ay -timber and deals ; 

 and of limeflone from Bednal, and Sunderland, in boats. 



Near a mile north from the harbour's mouth, is a range of 

 cliffs by the fea, called Hawk's-Hugh, from its being the recefs 

 of Hawks in the breeding-feafon ; ravens alfo and other birds fre- 

 quenting it. Towards the north end, is a cavern, very large, 

 with an aperture at the top, ufually called by the mine-men Self- 

 Opens ; the refuge of foxes and badgers in their diflrefs by the 

 chace. 



A little farther north, by a grindftone-quarry on the fea-banks, 

 called the Spital-Qua.iry, an urn was found by the workmen in 

 unroofing the quarry, placed between four floncs f?t edge-ways, 

 with a cover-ftone, at the depth of three feet from the furface ; 

 the urn of red earth, fmall, of the ufual form, bellied, without 

 any ornaments, left by the incurious finders among the rubbim. 



About a quarter of a mile from the quarry, is 



Neivbiggen, a marine villa, inhabited chiefly by fimermen j 

 confiding of one long, irregular ftreet ; feveral granaries in it 

 for export from one of the fineft bays before it on the coaft of this 



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