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old building is also to be found in the return angles of the 

 nave on both the north and south sides, and there is an old 

 piscina in the south wall. On entering the churchyard an 

 ancient stone Latin Cross will be found fixed into the wall 

 near to the east stile. This may have been a boundary or 

 Churchyard Cross. It was found in the north wall of the 

 Church on the restoration in 1840. On the south side of the 

 stream there is an ancient Peel Tower, which is now used as 

 an almshouse. In the basement of this building the walls are 

 nine feet thick. The village of Whittingham has been a place 

 of some note from very early times, though the details of its 

 history do not appear to ha\^e been preserved with much care. 

 It is said that here Synod, in the presence of King Egfrid, 

 A.D. 674, chose Cuthbert as Bishop of Lindisfarne. In the 

 year 1640, during the Civil War, 400 horse appear to have 

 rested here, and in 1648 the village was visited by Cromwell's 

 Roundheads, who captured Lieutenant- Colonel Millet with 

 200 horse. 



After our inspection of the village we dined together at the 

 "Castle Inn," and having ample time we walked over to 

 Glanton, and there caught the train to Newcastle, which was 

 reached about ten o'clock, a very enjoyable day having been 

 spent. 



The Fifth Field Meeting was held at Gilsland on the 

 9th of September. Some members left the Central Station, 

 Newcastle, by the 8.15 a.m. train, whilst others followed more 

 leisurely at 10.25. 



After making suitable arrangements at the Station Hotel, 

 the first section of the party proceeded by conveyance to pay 

 short visits to objects of interest lying between Gilsland and 

 Naworth, it being their intention to return by train in time to 

 join the later party in a visit to the Waterfall botanizing by 

 the way. The day was fine, but a slight haze prevented us 

 from seeing Cross Fell and the mountains of the Lake District. 

 Near the farmhouse we had a view of what remains of the 

 once noted Norman Fortress or Castle of Triermain. In 



