240 Report of the Meetings for 1893. 



Visit to Netherwitton. 



The fourth meeting of the year of the members of the Club 

 was held on Wednesday, August 30th, when the company 

 assembled at Morpeth Station. Amongst those present were 

 Capt. J. R. Carr-Ellison, President ; the Eev David Paul, 

 Eoxburgh ; Mr W. B. Boyd, Faldonside ; Captain Norman, 

 R.N., Berwick ; the Eev. Dr Sprott, North Berwick ; Dr Philip, 

 Morpeth ; Mr Cook, Mr J. L. Newbigin, Mr H. C. D. France, 

 Mr G. H. Thompson, Alnwick ; Mr John Turnbull, Selkirk ; Mr 

 Arch. Dunlop, Ashkirk ; Mr T.Mathison, Wandylaw; Eev. A. E. 

 Macnay, Ellingham ; Mr C. E. Carr, Low Hedgeley ; Eev E. M. 

 Adamson, Sunderland ; Mr T. Graham, Alnwick ; Mr Edward 

 Thew, Mr J. C. Hodgson. Mr Geo. Tate, Eev. E. H. Adamson, 

 Mr W. T. Hindmarsh, F.L.S., and Mr E. Middlemas, 

 Treasurer, Alnwick. The place fixed upon for the visit was 

 Netherwitton village and hall, the residence of Mr Thornton E. 

 Trevelyan. It was left to the members to choose between 

 taking the morning train to Ewesley station and walking thence 

 to the rendezvous, or going down to Morpeth and driving from 

 there. The party divided. Those who elected to go by Ewesley 

 were met at that station on their arrival by Mr Trevelyan, Mr 

 Percival, Longwitton Hall, and the Eev J. Walker, who had 

 undertaken the arduous task of acting as guide for the day. A 

 move was at once made for the ancient British camp and burial 

 ground near the station. Mr Trevelyan pointed out to the 

 members where a cist vaen was discovered in some allotments 

 now called Collacres, but which was formerly known as Callegres 

 — which, he said, probably meant rich grass land. 



By the kind permission of Sir Andrew Noble, the party pro- 

 ceeded through the beautifully wooded lands of Nunnykirk. 

 Mr Walker explained that Nunnykirk was a place of some note 

 early in the 16th century. In ancient deeds it was variously 

 spelled — Nonickekirke, Nunnykirke, Newinkirke, Nunkirke, 

 and Nunnakirke. In 1542 Ealph Fenwick of Nunnykirk was 

 one of the most able men of the middle marches. Mr Walker 

 traced the connection of the Nunnykirk estate with that of 

 Newminster Abbey, and showed that a tower, chapel, and other 

 edifices had all been built there — all traces of which above 

 ground had long since disappeared, but some evidences were 

 from time to time come across in digging. 



