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LANDOWNING IN NORTHUMBERLAND 









No. of 



Class. 



Acres. 



Average. 



Owners. 



Peers 



322,722 



35,858 



9 



Great landowners 



471,523 



8,897 



53 



Esquires 



173,000 



2,059 



84 



Greater yeomen 



90,500 



400 



181 



Lesser yeomen 



49,130 



170 



289 



Small proprietors 



42,456 



26f 



1,531 



Cottagers 



1,424 



i 



10,036 



Public bodies 



39,288 



517 



76 



Waste 



30,286 









1,220,329 



12,259 



Though the changes which have taken place within the 

 last 50 years will be afterwards mentioned (Appendix I.), 

 it may be noted here in passing that since the above 

 return was made in 1873, four of the great landowners have 

 disappeared from the list, while the estate of another (the 

 Charltons) is in the market, and of the esquires thirteen have 

 sold out their holdings, not to mention smaller proprietors. 

 Going back to the last 50 years-^- 1837-87 — the following old 

 county families have either altogether disappeared or have 

 lost their representative character in the county: — 



The Stanleys of Haggerston (now represented by Sir John 



S. Errington of Sandhoe, Bart.) 

 Gillum of Middleton (Belford). The Lords of the Admiralty. 



Reed of Chipchase. 



Cay of Charlton (N. Charlton). 



Smith of Haughton Castle. 



Bigge of Linden. 



Grey of Morwick. 



Wilkie of Hetton. 



Ogle of Causey Park. 



Taylor of Doxford. 



Tufnell of Holburn. 



Tarlton of Ryle. 



Giilan of Trewitt. 



Brandling of Gosforth, 



Selby of Cheswick. 

 Vernon of Widdrington. 

 Davidson of Swarland and 



Lanton. 

 Coulson of Blenkinsop. 

 Clavering of Calleley. 

 Brewis of Eshott. 

 Forsters of Tughall. 

 Atkinson of Lorbottle. 

 Lawson of Longhirst. 

 Buston of Buston. 

 Fitz-Clarence of Etal. 



