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Avihle and Bauxley. By J. C. Hodgson. 



His lands stretched down to the link, and on the shore is a 

 rock which yet retains the now forgotten name of Kirton: — to 

 the west of the township lay Kirton's Moor, evidently an 

 allotment or apportionment of some undivided or common lands. 

 In 1710 he had mortgaged his estate to William Wharrier of 

 Birling — the mortgage being subsequently set over to Thomas 

 Ord of Newcastle. After his death, the Ords would seem to 

 have foreclosed, for in 1762 John Ord of Fenham sold Kirton's 

 lands to John Widdrington. Kirton's onstead was where now 

 stands the hamlet of Sea-houses. 



Hall's Estate. — The freeholders' list of 1638 contains the 

 name of Wm. Hall of Hauxley, gent." In 1663 Eobert Hall 

 was rated at £11 for his lands. On 8th Feb. 1698 John Hall 

 conveyed his lands in Hauxley to William Cresswell. Wm. 

 Cresswell the younger married Grace, daughter of Joseph 

 Forster of Low Buston, in whose favour (2nd Sept. 1727) a 

 jointure was charged on the estate. This was followed 19 years 

 after by a settlement dated 28th Oct. 1746, by which Wm. 

 Cresswell the elder settled his Hauxley estate upon Wm. 

 Cresswell the younger, and Grace his wife. Space will not 

 permit any digression into the history of the Chancery suit 

 which followed the death of the elder Wm. Cresswell : it may 

 be remarked that much confusion has arisen from the fact of 

 several contemporary individuals in the respective positions of 

 father, son, and cousins — proprietors and tenants — bearing the 

 same christian and surnames. The Court confirmed to John 

 Cresswell of Cresswell, son of William and Grace, the possession 

 of the estate: this he in 1775 sold to John Widdrington. 

 61 Arch. ^1., Vol. II., p. 323. 



