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license to preach, and his enemies " went away with a great dis- 

 appointment." "This liberty occasioned him to be called five 

 miles farther into the country, and to farm a house suitable to 

 the work, called Harnam-hall, belonging to Major Babington, 

 when the auditory increased daily. The very report made several 

 persons come to see the novelty, and satisfy their curiosity ; of 

 some of whom it can be said, they went not as they came ; for 

 the profanation of the Sabbath by baking their bread, starching 

 their clothes, mucking their byres, etc., was wonderfully re- 

 formed." (Memoirs of William Veitch, pp. 58-61.) 



In 1368-9, 43 Edward III. "Falulyez placea" belonged to 

 Henry Taleboys and Alianora his wife, who held half of Hephale 

 barony. (Inq. p. M. ii., p. 300.) In 1380, Walter Taylboys 

 held 50 acres of land at Falelee. (lb. iii., p. 106.) In 1436, Sir 

 Robert Ogle, sen., held Fallowlees villa and eight score acres of 

 land there. (lb. iv., p. 179.) In 1663 Fallowlees belonged to Mr 

 Charles Hall, its annual rental being £20 ; in 1815 its value was 

 £210 by the year. (Rate Book.) 



Simonside, 1409 feet high, terminates this block of hills. The 

 cairn on it has been reared with smaller stones than those first 

 reached. It had been greatly damaged by the bonfire lighted to 

 welcome the Prince of Wales to Cragside in August, 1884 ; the 

 weathered gritty sandstone not being adapted to stand excessive 

 heat. The hollowed-out area near the summit contains a small 

 moss overgrown with Eriopliorum vaginatum ; but the margins 

 were dry, producing crow-berry, Empetrum nigrum. There was 

 much bilberry on the west end where we descended among broken 

 crags. This west end is very precipitous, and displays more 

 grandeur than the other rock contours. The face is split into 

 almost columnar masses, and where these are broken down the 

 base is curiously buttressed. Detached portions have odd shapes. 

 One has a sort of capital to a rude pillar of two combined faces 

 looking separate ways, and wearing an old flat hat ; and a variety 

 of other figures could be pictured out by a fruitful fancy. 



In the Rotuli Himdredorum, where an execution is recorded as 

 having taken place on one of the hills, Simonside is called Simon 

 Sethi.* In this instance the word side represents sete a settlement, 



* It does not follow that although words have the same external ap- 

 pearance they may have the same signification and derivation. There is a 

 Simonside road to the east of Fowberry Park facing Chillingham. There 

 }s another Simonsides near Garmondsway, co. Durham. Mr Longstaffe says 



