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the main ingredients of its uneventful story. Degrading super- 

 stitions were rife here to a late period ; and that some of its old 

 women escaped being burned as witches was next to a miracle. 

 The chapelry of Bolton, although in another barony, was a 

 pendicle of this church, and still pertains to the benefice. 



After satisfying their curiosity the main body of the members 

 taking the church foot-path, crossed the field and the Edlingham 

 burn, here formed of the combined Wandy House and Eimside 

 burns, and a multiplicity of birch-margined sykes, to Lemmington 

 Hall, passing below Overthwarts farm ; and while on the way, to 

 quote our reporter, " admiring the extensive and varied views 

 that frequently burst on their gaze, examining the remarkably 

 clear signs of ancient cultivation visible to the right of the path 

 whose track they followed, and ultimately arrived at the splendid 

 mansion which has unfortunately been allowed to fall into an 

 absolutely ruinous condition." 



Others drove by the Alnwick and Eothbury turnpike. Before 

 parting Mr William Thompson and I called upon the venerable 

 and learned vicar, the Eev. M. H. Buckle. Mr Buckle had 

 hospitably provided refreshments for callers, but unfortunately 

 members were too much bent on accomplishing the day's errand 

 to linger ; and I am afraid that we were almost the sole par- 

 ticipants. At the outset by the public road, some fine green 

 slopes sweep up to the height (which I find by Ordnance Survey 

 is 704.2 feet above sea-level) on which Edlingham Newton stands. 

 On this ridge, the Scottish invading army under Field-Marshal 

 Lesley, and his subordinate veteran officers, lodged for the night 

 of February 24th, 1 64 1 , having marched that day from " Branton 

 Field," on the Breamish. On the 25th they proceeded to 

 Netherwitton ; on the 26th to Kirkley ; and on the 27th en- 

 camped on Heddon Law, and occupied Newburn ; where next 

 day, 28th, they crossed the ford on the Tyne, and routed the 

 undisciplined Eoyalists on Stella Haugh, who retreated to 

 Durham on the 29th. This was the line of the Scots' march. 

 Historians confuse Edlingham with Eglingham. The route by 

 Newburn ford was subsequently utilised by Cromwell. It 

 offered no obstacle to a resolute leader. Newton Peel is now a 

 thing of the past. 



There is a British camp on Newton hill ; and a number of 

 coins was disinterred in cultivating a field, now clothed with 

 grass, near Edlingham. There are remains of native wood by 



