282 Amble and Haucdey. By J. C. Hodgson, 

 When the award was made in 1842 the landowners were 



ACRES. 



New-hall Jas. Dand, esq. 224 



Hope-house Lady Newburgh 362 



Town-fields T. G. Smith, esq. 102 



Moor-house Jas. Dand, esq. 204 



Orchard and house Mark Douglas 34 



Land and cottage Geo. Richardson 3 



Cottage John Shanks 4 

 Salt Meadows T. G. Smith, esq., and 



Mrs Maria Well wood 8 

 Link-house farm, mansion- 

 house, and fields Mrs Maria Wellwood 202 

 Amble fields Sam. Edw. Widdrington, esq. 24 



Industries. In 1686 Sir Francis RadclifEe was possessed 

 of 'cole mynes' in Amble.^* When Horsley wrote in 1729 

 there had been "two or three salt pans, but none since the 

 colliery failed that supplied them with coal." Traces of old 

 workings may be found on the Moor-house farm, etc. 



In 1783 there was advertised to be let "a colliery and 

 seam of coal in the manor of Amble, and the premises for 

 making salt, situate on Sea Rocks, at Amble Point, which is 

 allowed by all judges to be the most eligible situation upon 

 the east coast for making salt. Application to be made to 

 Mr John Leadbitter, Capheaton." 



About 1790, the grantees under the Crown lease sunk a 

 pit upon Amble Moor-house for the purpose of getting coal 

 to carry to the salt pans on the Amble rocks. At this pit 

 a hand roller was first used, then a small gin, but soon 

 after it was given up. 



"* In an enumeration of the rents due to Sir Francis Radcliffe 

 bart., at Pentecost 1671, were 



Ambell hall-corn £28 



Ambell conny warrant 5 12 6 

 Ambell garth and cottage house 

 Togston moore-houses 



And in 1686 his accounts show the following payments. 



Ambell hall-corn tythe £3 ] 3 



Ambell cole mynes and Cuny garth 19 2 



Arch. Ml. New Series, Vols, i., p. 128; and ii„ p. 161. 



