WHITTINGHAM VALE, NORTHUMBERLAND: 
5te fbtstorg, JTra&it(ons and ffolhlore, 
By DAVID DIPPIE DIXON. Illustrated by JOHN TURNBULL DIXON. 
Cloth^Zvo. pp.y with nutucrous Illustrations. Pric© 3 s. 6d. 
CONTENTS OP CHAPTER I, 
General Description of the Vale. Its Extent— Fertility — Early History — Ancient British Remains — 
Roman Causeways — Anglo-Saxon Settlements — Danish Inroads— Its Norman Owners — Defence of the Bor* 
ders — Pele Towers — Wardens of the Marches — Border Garrisons — Beacons — The Middle Marches — A Muster 
of Armed Borderers — Watch and Ward — Village Enclosures — The Union — Our Happy Borderland of the 
19th Century. 
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years.” — Newcastle Daily Journal. 
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and value.” — Newcastle Daily Leader. 
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