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MEMORIALS OF RAY : 



of handsome stone buildinp:s, which belong to the dean 

 and prebendaries. The bishop's palace (all that he hath 

 in the town) is the castle, where also the assizes are held. 

 The bishop entertains the judges, here being no sheriff 

 but himself. 



August the 14th, we rode to Newcastle, twelve miles ; 

 in the way we saw Lundy Castle, a gallant building. 

 This town is large and well built, especially about the 

 market-place and key, where the houses, for height and 

 show, are comparable to the houses in London. By 

 reason of its great trade it is very populous, in multitude 

 of inhabitants thought not inferior to the city of York. 

 A fair stone bridge of nine arches joins it to Gateside or 

 Gateshead, which is the name of that part of the town 

 which lies on the south side of the river. This town is 

 notable for four things. 1. The strength and thickness 

 of the walls. 2. The key, which is thought to be as 

 convenient, useful, handsome, and deep, as any in 

 England. 3. The cross arch of stone on one of the 

 steeples. 4. And especially the great trade of coals, 

 salt, grind-stones exported, &c. ; to which might be added 

 the newly-built exchange and guildhall, a very large and 

 fair room paved with black and white marble. Within 

 the walls of this town there is an old castle, wherein the 

 assizes for the county are held, which is not within the 

 liberties of the corporation. 



August the 1 5th, we travelled from Newcastle through 

 Morpeth to Alnwick, twenty-six miles, which town is 

 under a bailiff : every trade chooses an alderman ; the 

 chief trade is tanning. Here we saw a goodly and strong 

 castle, well walled, and not yet run much to decay, be- 

 longing to the Earl of Northumberland. This country is 

 thinly inhabited, very bleak and barren. 



August the 16th, we rode in sight of the Holy Island,* 



* When Mr. Ray, with Mr. Willisel, made a second simpling voyage (as 

 he expresses it) into these parts in the year 1671, he remarked as follows ; 

 to wit, "July the 22d, we rode from Cheviot, or rather Waller or Wooler, 

 to the Holy Island, nine miles, where we gathered, on the sea-shore under 



