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and other villages before mentioned, to his fee (b). It ftands on 

 the north fide of the village. The middle ifle is only now ftand- 

 ing. The foundations of a building were lately difcovered at 

 the eaft: end, and a ftone found with the following mfcription. 



Above it, in a nitch, is the effigies of St. Peter, with the keys ; 

 alfo of St. Cuthbert, and King Ceolivnlph, holding a fcepter ; the 

 three patrons of Norbam-church. On the reverfc is this in- 

 fcription. 



MKJUAVM& 



On the ravage of Lindisfarn by the Danes, St> Cuthbert's body was 

 removed hither, where it remained till the time of King Ethdred. 

 The village confifts of ne long and wide ftreet on the banks of 

 the Tiveed, to the eaft of which, on a rocky eminence, is 



Norham-CaJlk, which was built by Ralph Flambard, Bifhop of 

 Durham, 22 K. Henry I. 1121 (cj. The Tweed fetches a circuit 

 under it round a little ifland, called the Shingles, in moft delightful 

 murmurs. Alexander II, King of Scotland, made his perfonal fub- 

 miffion in it to King John, 1209, at the price of a great fum of 

 gold, leaving for pledges two of his daughters. He came before 

 it with a mighty army, 1216, with which for the fpace of forty 



(b) See Lindisfarn, or Holy IJland. 



(c) Hoi, Chron. vol. ii. p. 42. 

 Browne Willis. 



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