208 Re-port of the Meetings for 1893. 



A word of praise is due to Mr James Tait, who undertook the 

 exacting task of guide. Possessing an intimate knowledge of 

 the district and a clear manner of presenting facts and sug- 

 gestions, Mr Tait fulfilled his onerous duties with complete 

 satisfaction. Immediately after breakfast, a commencement 

 was made with the programme of the day. At Eglingham 

 Burn Mr Tait pointed out some curious stones which are 

 reported to have been brought from an old castle at Harehope, 

 and are supposed to have been ecclesiastical, but are now used 

 for more strictly utilitarian purposes. As though to confirm the 

 foregoing opinion, the supposed site of an old monastery was 

 afterwards pointed out at Harehope, and information was 

 offered to the effect that the monastery had been built in the 

 reign of Edward I. for the Monks of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. 

 Leaving, however, the original use of the stones involved in 

 some doubt, the party made for Cock Hall Bank, passing, by 

 the courtesy of the occupier, Mr James Dand, through the 

 finely- wooded grounds of Eglingham Hall. 



An ancient burial ground, about twenty-eight yards in 

 diameter, was inspected, and from this vantage ground a capital 

 view was obtained of the Hall, and of the room in which, 

 according to legend, Henry Ogle and Oliver Cromwell had a 

 grievous quarrel while on the respective terms of host and 

 guest. From this point brakes and traps were brought into 

 play as far as Harehope Farm, where Mr Tait pointed out the 

 sites of an old garden or graveyard, and of the supposed 

 monastery. 



[Mr Tait now takes up the narrative.] 



An old lintel above the front door of the farmhouse was also 

 inspected, and found to be of some interest ; it is inserted above 

 the door lintel proper, and seems to be of a much earlier date 

 than the present house. On its face is inscribed, in this order, 



S 

 F D 



16 97 



of which an accomplished member of our Club, Mr J. C. 

 Hodgson, offers the following solution. "In 1677 Mr John 

 Storey of Beanley purchased a moiety of Harehope and the 

 west side of Learchild. His eldest son Fergus Storey married, 



