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who died, sift March, 1763, in the 2oth year of his age; and 

 was fucceeded by John William Bacon, Efq; high fheriff of Nor- 

 thumberland in the fame year ; of which his great grandfather, 

 John Bacon, of ^Staward, Efq; was high fheriff, 5 K. William III, 

 1693 ; alfo his grandfather, William Bacon, Efq; 1745. His father, 

 John Bacon, Efq. Felloiv of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, 

 and governor of the hofpitals of Bride-well and Bethlehem, died in 

 July, 1752. 



Mr. Bacon, built a handfome houfe at a diftance from the old 

 one, near the wood by the rivulet of fFarn. He died, 1767. 



By the i4th mile-ftone, is 



Bclford, which was the manour and villa of Thomas dc J-lcbburn, 

 i K. Henry V fa) ; of JohnForfter, of Bambrougb-C3.tt.le, Efq; 14 K. 

 Charles I (b) ; and now of Abraham Dixon, Efq; high flieriff of 

 Northumberland, 1759. It is a well built villa, on a gradual flope, 

 within two miles of the fea, the profpectof which is intercepted 

 to the eail and north-caft by the riclgeof a hill. At the north-cart 

 end is the church, dedicated to St. Maty. It was built in 1700, 

 and fealed in 1759. On the top of the hill is the ruin of the old 

 chapel. On the north-weft fide, by a fine fpring, is the antient 

 manour-houfe, behind which was formerly a wood, of half a 

 mile in length, of large oaks, under a range of fteep rocks of 



(a) Thomas de Hebburn, frater et haeres Henrict de Hebburn, tenet manerium ct villam de 

 Beiford et Ycjjington de rege in capite, per fervicium quartse partis unius feodi rr.ilius. Et 

 ibidem compertum eft per fcrutinium, quod Willlelmus de Hebburn, anteceflbr ipfius Tbsmce, 

 tenuit de dom. rege in capite medietatem villae praedict.t, parcellam Baroniae de Wcoler, et 

 unam carucutum terrx in Belford de rege in capite, ut parcellam Baronise praeJiiSx. 



Rot. Mich. Fin. anno i Hen. V. 



(b) See 



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