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from the place which, is called Via Garmundi ; that is for 5 [in 

 modern measurement 7] miles * Here Garmund is a personal 

 name. Edge is applicable either to the ridge or side of a hill. 

 May we not have here a repetition of the Durham name on one 

 of the continuations of the old national track-ways ; and may the 

 word here not be equivalent to the hill-edge crossed by the 

 prolongation of the way of Garmund ; or may the edge not have 

 obtained its name from an ancient owner, whose name was once 

 as well known here as that of his namesake in Co. Durham ? 

 The word garment for a robe is of Norman origin. 



At Broompark the company were shown the library, the 

 tapestry, the paintings, and the skins, horns and other spoils of 

 the chase from India, Chillingham and the Scottish hills ; and 

 were most hospitably entertained to luncheon by Major Burrell, 

 the owner of Broompark estate. By Major Burrell's kind 

 invitation, I returned on the subsequent day, and along with 

 Mr E. G. Bolam, examined the valuable library, which is rich 

 in topographical works. Spearman's MS. Notes on Hutchinson's 

 View of Northumberland are preserved here. There is a good 

 copy of Selby's British Birds ; also the latest editon of Dugdale's 

 Monasticon ; and various early illustrated Latin classics. The 

 selection of several of the books, it is said, had been entrusted 

 to the Eev. James Eaine, the historian of North Durham. The 

 family papers are arranged for ready consultation. A pair of 

 fine Eed Deer Antlers of great size and development, (some 12 

 or 13 points) is preserved here, which had been obtained when 

 draining a marsh in the wood behind Bolton Church, in the tract 

 of ground called " the Guards." The gardens and green-houses 

 were also inspected. Rumex sanguineus is common in the shrubbery. 

 A vote of thanks was accorded to our entertainer. 



Broompark avenue at the bottom is 208 feet high ; the road 

 descends to Bolton Bridge on the Aln, to 184 feet, and then 

 gradually rises to 210 feet at Bolton Church. Here the site of 

 the Leper Hospital, founded by Eobert de Eos before 1214, an 

 earlier date than that assigned by Mackenzie, was pointed out ; 

 also the scene of Surrey's encampment on Bolton Moor, previous 

 to the battle of Flodden. Mile, the Mylo of Hall's Chronicle, where 

 Islay herald passed the night waiting for an interview with 

 Surrey and his captains, has been already alluded to, as situated 



*Sym. Hist. Dnn. Durham before the Conquest by W. H. D. Longstaffe, 

 F.S.A., Proc. Arch. Instit. 1852, I. p. 67. 



