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ADA.MSON : THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE. 



SADBERGE, NEAR DARLINGTON (COUNTY OF DURHAM). 

 R. TAYLOR M ANSON, M.R.C.S. 



In Village of Sadberge, three miles N.E. of Darlington. The 

 boulder was found in Glacial Clay Avhile excavations were being 

 made for a reservoir. About 6 ft. 6 in. long, 4 ft. high; estimated 

 weight, four tons. It is a wedge-shaped mass. The boulder is long 

 shaped, and has been moved. On what has originally been the base 

 of the boulder there are innumerable striae in the direction of the 

 longer axis, and all parallel to one another. So far as I could 

 ascertain (the incrustations of clay have not been removed) there 

 were none of the crossings of striae so generally seen. The striae are 

 confined to the original base. The rest of the surfaces are irregular 

 and angular. The rock is a compact Encrinital Blue Limestone, one 

 of the Yoredale rocks, probably from Upper Teesdale, and is 218 ft. 

 above sea-level. Too recently discovered for any legend, but no 

 doubt traditions will gather round it, as it will be knovrn in the 

 future as the 'Jubilee Stone.' Her Majesty is Countess of Sadberge, 

 and the inhabitants of the village determined that one part of their 

 Jubilee proceedings should be the dedication of this large boulder. 

 It was removed from the excavation where it had been found to the 

 village green, and on Jubilee Day a service was held in the village 

 church. A procession from the church was then formed, escorted by 

 a troop of Yeomanry. An address on the history of Sadberge was 

 given by the Rev. J. \V. Baron, the stone was unveiled, and a feu de 

 joie fired over it by the Hussars. 



THE ' BULMER'S STONE,' DARLINGTON (COUNTY OF DURHAM). 

 R. TAYLOR MANSON, M.R.C.S. 



It is on the west side of Northgate, at the edge of the flagged 

 pavement, opposite some old cottages, to w^hich it is claimed as an 

 appurtenance. Nearly opposite the west end of Garden Street, 

 Darlington, on the Ordnance Map. By compass circumference, 

 N. and S., 13 ft. 5 in.; ditto, E. and W., 12 ft. 8 in.; horizontal cir- 

 cumference (l i ft. from ground), 13 ft. 5 in. ; height from ground, 3 ft. 

 All portions visible are rounded. It has been moved. No groovings, 

 but some fractured surfaces smoothed. It is Shap Fell Granite. It is 

 known as ' Buhner's Stone ' from old Willy Bulmer, who, during the 

 excitement of the Peninsular wars, used to perch on it and read the 

 newspapers aloud to the neighbours. I do not know the origin or 

 age of — 



Naturalist, 



