116 Amble and Hauxley. By J, C. Hodgson. 



In 1837 a company was promoted to work the Hauxley coal- 

 field : the undertaking has since been carried on with varying 

 success until it has reached the present flourishing condition. 

 The proprietors have recently sunk a new shaft, but it is in the 

 township of Togston, immediately beyond the township boun- 

 dary. About 300 hewers are employed, and the output averages 

 about 700 tons per day. 



Ancient Wells. — Public and Private. 



Hauxley Hall : a very deep well in garden ; a well in stable 



yard ; and another in croft, now filled up. 

 Old Hall : a well in stackyard now filled up. 

 Hauxley Cottage : a well in yard never dry ; and two wells in 



pasture field, between High and Middle Heads, now drawn 



by windmills. 

 The Loaning: formerly a drawwell sunk through the rock, 



now a pump. 

 The Black-well : a strong chalybeate ; never freezes. 

 The Elm Bush : a well which supplies Bondicar, though actually 



within the boundaries of Togston township ; the water is 



good, but will not keep over one night. 



Place-Names. 



Cresswell's Close, "^i 



Steward's Moor. I All lying together near Eadcliffe Colliery, 



Rochester's Moor, i, evidently the last common lands"- to be 



Hewitson's Close, j divided, and retaining the names of the 



Kirton's Moor. | then owners or their tenants. 



Clark's Moor. j 



Beacon Hollow. 



The Black-well-field. 



The Red Gates. 



The White Gates. 



Hundsheugh. 



Tom Forsyth's hill on link. He was a smuggler at end of 

 last and beginning of this century. More than 40 horses 

 have been seen awaiting the arrival of the lugger. 



^^ About the middle of last century, from Amble southward to Coldrife, 

 the land was overgrown with whins, hence the name of Amble Moorhouge, 

 and 8mith''s Moor, as East Togston was formerly called. 



