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trie plough in a field near this, quite close to "Cuddy's 

 Cove." It contained an uuburnt body, an urn, a flint arrow- 

 head, and two small fragments of flint. I heard also of a 

 piece of " leather" which mouldered aAvay on being touched. 

 The skull, urn, and flints were sent to Mr. Green well, of 

 Durham. I may add, here, that two ponderous stone ham- 

 mers have been found of late years — one is at Alnwick 

 Castle ; the other belongs to Mr. Greenwell. 



The only other trace of the aboriginal inhabitants of Dod- 

 dington, is in the sculptured rocks ; prominently brought into 

 notice by this Club, and ably treated of by Mr. Tate, in its pro- 

 ceedings for 1864. These have been found in fourteen distinct 

 places on Doddington ground ; with these, the incised stone 

 at Ford Hill is associated, as closely connected with the 

 Routing Lynn camp, and the series of markings on Horton 

 moor, which are within a hundred yards of the Ringses camp. 



There are thirty-four distinct rock faces in these sixteen 

 localities, more or less covered with markings ; the number 

 of figures, of all varieties, is two hundred and twenty, besides 

 a great number of cups or hollows connected with them. 



There are no Roman remains at Doddington, though the 

 great Roman road, commonly called " The Devil's Cause- 

 way," skirts the Doddington ground for some distance, 

 passing through Horton and Hetton ground. 



The Saxons, or English, were probably the first to occupy 

 the present site of the village, which they have occupied un- 

 disturbed ever since. There seems never to have been any 

 Norman keep ; and, as far as we can learn from records, 

 those who owned the soil from the date of the conquest did 

 not reside upon it. Doddington belonged to the Barony of 

 Alnwick, from a very early period. In the "Testa de Nevil" 

 " Dodington cum Nesebit membro suo," are enumerated 

 among the lands which William de Vesey held in chief of 

 the King. This was in the reign of Henry III., about 

 1250, A.D. ; and in the various inquisitions since that time it 

 is named as of the Barony of Alnwick. 



In the forty-sixth year of Henry III., 1262, Hugh de 

 Bolbec held, from William de Vescy, Baron of Alnwick, 

 Dodinton maner' extent? Nesbite villat,' Wetunde villaf,' &c. 



In 1289, the heirs of Bolbec held Doddington, with its 

 members, paying 13s. 4d. yearly ; the annual value being 

 one hundred marks. 



In 1362, Thomas de Horton, and in 1368, Sir Thomas 



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