REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR 1903 



Embleton and Dunstanburgh Castle. 



The Fourth Meeting of the season was held at Christon 

 Bank Station, North Eastern Railway, on '27th August, when 

 a large party assembled to take part in the day's excursion. 

 Among those present were noted : — Captain Norman, R.N., 

 Organizing Secretary ; Rev. J. J. M. L. Aiken, B.D , Editing 

 Secretary ; Rev. W. E. BoUand and Mrs Bolland, Embleton ; 

 Mr 0. B. P. Bosanquet, Rock Hall; Colonel A. M. Brown 

 and Miss Brown, Longformacus ; Mr G. G. Butler, Ewart 

 Park; Mr J. Cairns, Alnwick; Mr J. Hewat Craw, Foulden ; 

 Hon. and Rev. W. C. Ellis, Bothalhaugli ; Rev. James 

 Fairbrother, Warkworth ; Mr J. S. Fawcus, Dunstan Steads; 

 Captain Forbes, R.N., and Miss Forbes, Berwick ; Mr Gideon 

 J. Gibson, Netherbyres ; Mr Arthur Giles, Edinburgh ; Mr 

 J. G. Goodchild, F.G.S., Edinburgh; Mr Robert Huggup, 

 Newcastle ; Misses Milne-Home, Caldra ; Mr C. E. Moore, 

 Alnwick; Mr George McDowall and Mrs McDowall, Morpeth; 

 Mr J. L. Newbigin, Alnwick ; Mr Henry Paton, Edinburgh ; 

 Mr Andrew Riddle, Yeavering ; Mr H. Rutherfurd, Fair- 

 nington ; Mr T. B. Short, Berwick ; Mr Jas. A. Somervail, 

 Broomdykes ; Rev. Dr Sprott, North Berwick ; Mr Edward 

 Thew, Warkworth ; Mr Andrew Thompson, Glanton ; Rev. 

 Canon Walker, Newcastle ; and Dr Waterson, Embleton. 



On reaching Embleton, a village of between three and 

 four hundred inhabitants, the first object of interest that 

 presented itself to the visitors was a large boss of whinstone, 

 running North and South through the village, where it is 

 quarried for sets and road metal. The quarrymen form an 

 important section of the village community. Details regard- 

 ing the characteristic features of the rock were supplied by 

 Mr J. G. Goodchild, whose contribution on the subject will 

 be found in this year's Report. 



Thereafter a start was made for the Parish Church, whose 



outstanding features were kindly described by 



Embleton the vicar, Rev. W. E Bolland. The earliest 



Church. church was probably early Norman, without 



aisles, and consisting of tower, nave, and chancel, 



parts of which are still to be seen in the lower portion of 



