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Abbey, Durham, 158 — of Durham dissolved, 16 Acre, 107 Agnes’s Fast, St., 53 Alanshields of Alanshields, 249 Aldhun, Bishop, 109 "All Fools’ Day," 57 Alston, 41 Altars at Bolihope, Roman, 80 Altar-screen, Durham, 121-122, 138 Altar-tomb, Neville, 170 — of Bernard Gilpin, 194, 195 Amiatinus, the Codex, 151 Anglo-Saxon memorial crosses, 183 Arms, Greenwell, 225 — Lumley, 242 Associations of John Wesley, Durham, 229-238 Asylum, Sunderland Orphan, 35 Auckland, brasses in St. Andrew’s, 180, 189 — brass in St. Helen’s, 180, 190 Aucklandshire, 39 Aycliffe Church, 171 Baker, Mrs. Sarah, 194 Bale Hill, 218 Balliol, Bernard de, 213 — John, sometime King of Scotland, 213 Ballads, Robert Surtees’, 65 Bank, 105 Barbara, Bishop William de St., 30 Barnard Castle, 40, 213 — — Church, 170, 185 Barnes, Mrs. Fridesmond, 189 Baronial houses, 239 Barons of the Bishopric, 3, 11 Barrow at Copt Hill, 182 Bateses of Wolsingham, 256 Battle of Neville’s Cross, 41 Baydale inn, 24 Bayley, K. C., 7 Beaumont, Lewis, Bishop-elect of Durham, 27, 28 Bede, Venerable, 4, 36 — at Monkwearmouth and Jarrow, 146-151 Bede’s chair, Jarrow, 54 — tomb, 123 — Well, Monkton, 55 Bellasis, 218 Bell, Durham Curfew, 63 — Pancake, 56 Billingham Church, 172 Binchester, Roman camp at, 4 — Roman epitaph at, 183 Birthdays folk-lore, 46 Biscop, Benedict, 4, 36, 147, 149, 150 Bishop Aldhun, 109 — Auckland, 39 — — Palace, 200 — Cosin, 20, 120, 179 — Crewe, 21, 204 — Flambard, 8, 40, 118, 133 — James, 206 — Middleham, 222 — — Church, 180 — Philip de Pictavia, 172 — Pudsey, 9-33, 37, 38, 134, 166, 195, 202, 241 — Walcher, 6-7, 30, 32, 36, 156 — William of St. Carileph, 7, 30, 110, 114, 118, 158, 166 Bishopric, Barons of the, 3, 11 — of Durham, 1, 2, 81 Bishop’s revenue, 11 Bishopwearmouth effigy, 185 Black Death, the, 12-13 Blackett family, 252 — Sir Edward, 75 Blakeston of Blakeston, 188 Blakiston, 222 — Sir William, 212 Blenkinsopps of Hoppyland, 252 Boar, the Pollard, 68-71, 74 Bogs, 101 Boldon Book, 9, 30, 38, 39, 42, 241 — Church, 176 Bolihope, 91 — Roman altars at, 80 Bowes of Streatlam, 253 — Sir George, 41 — Sir William, 214, 216 Boyne, Lord, 255 Bradley, Ralph, 194 Brae, 105 Brag, the Picktree, 76-78 Brancepeth, 41 — Castle, 203 — Church, 179 Brass, Chester-le-Street Church, 190 — Haughton-le-Skerne, 191 — Hoton, William, 168, 190 — Houghton-le-Spring, 191 — Brasses, monumental, 189 — Sedgefield Church, 168, 190, 191, 192, 193 Bridge, Prebend’s, 52 — Tyne, 34 Brigantes, occupation by, 4 Brocks, 91-92 Bronze Age, 182 Brow, 105 Brown, Dame Dorothy, 26 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 224 Bruce, Robert de, 37 — tombs, 196 Brunskill, Thomas, 222 Bruses (De), tomb of, 165 Bulmer, Bertram de, 203 — family, 247 — stone, 25 Burdon family, 251 — John, 224 Burns, 91-92 Butler, Bishop, 22 "Butterby churchgoer," 64 "Butter Cross," Ravensworth, 212 Byerley, Colonel Anthony, 224 "Byerley’s Bull Dogs," 224 Carileph, Bishop William of St., 7, 30, 110, 114, 118, 158, 166 Carling Sunday, 57 Castle Barnard, 213 — Brancepeth, 203 — Durham, 204-207 — Eden, 216 — Hilton, 187, 210, 211 — Lambton, 74, 209 — Lumley, 207-208 — Raby, 214, 215 — Ravensworth, 211, 212 — Stanhope, 198 — Streatlam, 213, 214 — Walworth, 215 — Witton, 199 Castles and Halls of Durham, 198-228 — the, 79 Cathedral brasses, Durham, 190-191 — Durham, 3, 7, 12, 18, 108-129 — local lore of Durham, 63 Cau’d Lad of Hilton, the, 71-73 Cave, Heatheryburn, 79 Ceolfrid, Abbot, 149, 150 Chancery Proceedings, Durham, 241 Chanter, John the, 149, 161 Chapel, "Galilee," 122 — Lady, 122, 138 — Nine Altars, 125, 135 — of St. Hilda, first, 36 — St. John’s, 42 Charter, Bishop Hugh Pudsey’s, Durham, 30 Chaytor family, 240, 254 Chester-le-Street, 5, 32, 108, 109, 130, 131 — Church, 177, 186 Cheyne, John, sculptor, 187 Christian the Mason, 195 "Churchgoer, Butterby," 64 Churches at Monkwearmouth and Jarrow, Saxon, 147 — of Durham, parish, 162-181 Civil War, outbreak of, 20 Claverings of Axwell, 256 Cleatlam Hall, 221 Clergy, secular, 109 Cleughs, 95-96 Cleve’s Cross, 68 Clopton, John, 220 Club, Hell-fire, 204 Codex Amiatinus, 151 Coldingham, Richard de, 173 College, Ushaw, 192 Commission, Ecclesiastical, 18, 23 Common, 105 Coniscliffe, Church of St. Edwin, 172 Convent of SS. Peter and Paul, 147 Conyers falchion, 75, 217 — family, 247 — Nicolas, 195 Conyers, Ralph, 223 — Sir John, 74 Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring, 182 Cosin, Bishop, 20, 120, 179 Cotham Conyers, 222 — Stob, 222 Council of the North, 16 Cow, the Dun, 66-67 Coxhoe Hall, 224 Cradock family, 222 Craft gilds, 31 Craggs family, 83 Crawford, Jack, 35 Crayke, 108 Crewe, Bishop, 21, 204 Cross at Darlington Market, 25, 26 — at Ravensworth, 212 — Battle of Neville’s, 41 — Butter, 212 — Cleve’s, 28, 68 — Neville’s, 55, 58 Crosses, 107 — Anglo-Saxon memorial, 183 — Billingham pre-Conquest, 172 — Saxon, 26 Cumin, Robert, Earl of Northumberland, 29 Curfew Bell, Durham, 63 Cuthbert, St., 5, 133, 152, 155 — Feast of the Translation of St., 29 — Patrimony of St., 5, 6, 17 — sanctuary of St., 24 Dalden Tower, 216 Dale, Helen Pelham, 234 — Life and Letters of Thomas Pelham, 234 — Miss Margaret, 230 — of Dalton-le-Dale, family of, 238 — of Tunstall, Edward, 230 — Rev. Thomas, 229 — Rev. Thomas Pelham, 229 Dales, name-places in the Durham, 79-107 Dalton Church, 175 Darcy, Lady Maxwell, 235 Darlington Church tower, 166 — market-cross at, 25, 26 — rood-loft, 167 — St. Cuthbert’s Church, 165 "Darnton Trod," 24 Day, New Year’s, 56 Days, lucky, 57 Death, portents of, 51 "Death, power of life and," 1, 11 Delavale, Peter, 194 Denes, 91 Dens, 101 Derwentdale Plot, 21 Dinsdale, 217 — Church brass, 190 Dog-tooth ornament, only instance of, 167 Douthwaite family, 222 Duck, Sir John, 63, 227 Dun Cow, the, 66-67 Durham, 5-6, 28, 109 — Bishopric of, 1-2 — Castle, 204-207 — Cathedral: altar of Our Lady of Pity, 124; altar screen, 121; altars in north transept, 124; Bede’s tomb, 123; Bishop’s throne, 123; brasses, 190-191; Carileph’s choir, 113; chapter-house, 127; choir, 114-115; cloister, 127-128; crypt, 111-113; doorways, 113; fresco paintings, 123; Galilee Chapel, 122; Hatfield’s tomb, 121; ironwork, 118; Lady Chapel, 122; library, 127-128; local lore of, 63; monks’ dormitory, 128; nave, 114; Neville chantry, 124; Neville screen, 122; nine altars, 125-126; refectory, 111, 127-128; sanctuary knocker, 118; towers, 120; transepts, 116; treasury, 127 — curfew bell, 63 — fall of abbey, 16 — first Lord, 209 — Lewis Beaumont, Bishop-elect of, 27, 28 — local volunteer companies, 206 — North Gate, 13 — Palatinate of, 9, 19 — prosperity of Methodism in, 22 — St. Giles’s Church, 173, 185 — St. Margaret’s Church, 173, 185 — St. Oswald’s Church, 172 — School, 22, 23 — spires, 166 — trades, 21, 22 — University of, 22, 23 "Eade stones," 80 Eales, 99 Earl of Northumberland, Robert Cumin, 29 Earls, rebellion of the, 18 Easington Church, 175, 186 Ebchester, Roman camp at, 4 Ecclesiastical Commission, 18, 23 Eden family, 240, 248-249 Edmundbyres Cross, 107 Effigy at Bishopwearmouth, 185 — at Norton, 187 — of Euphemia de Neville, 169 — of Isabel de Neville, 169 — of Isabella, sister of Robert Bruce, 196 — in Barnard Castle Church, 185 — Lanchester Church, 187 — St. Giles’s Church, Durham, 185 — Whitburn Church, singular, 188 Effigies in Easington Church, 175, 186 — in Hurworth Church, 186 — in Redmarshall Church, 172, 188 — stone and wood, 185-189 Egelwin, Bishop, 29 Egglescliffe Church, 172 Elizabethan Poor Law, 19 Elvet, 28, 30 Epitaph of Regina, wife of Barates the Palmyrene, 182, 183 — of Tidfirth, Bishop of Hexham, 184 Epitaphs, punning, 197 Escomb Church, 159, 163 Estfelde, William, 189 Eures family, 239 Evenwood, 39 Ewbanke family, 221 Fairy Hills, Castleton, 45 Falchion, Conyers, 75, 217 Families of Durham, Old, 239-256 Fast, St. Agnes’s, 53 Feast of the Translation of St. Cuthbert, 29 Fell, 105 Fen Hall, 224 Ferryhill, 28 Ferry, Roger de, 68 "Fig sue," 57 Finchale Priory, 130-145 Fire festivals, 44 First charter of incorporation, Durham, 31 First lifeboat built at South Shields, 36 — passenger railway-line, 26 Flambard, Bishop Ralph, 8, 40, 118, 133 Flask, the, 101 Flodden, banner of St. Cuthbert at, 15 Fogg-Elliots of Elvet Hill, 256 Folk-lore, Durham, 44-64 Font, Sedgefield, 167 — Staindrop, 169 Ford Hall, 226 Forest of Weardale, 39 Fothergill, G. A., 224 Fox, Bishop Richard, 14 Framwellgate, 29 Frosterley, 84 Furmety, 59 Gabriel Hounds, 45 Gainford Church, 171 — grave-cover, 193 — Hall, 222 Galilee Chapel, Durham, 122 "Garland, maiden," 52 Gateshead, 32 — St. Mary’s, Church, 176 — grave-covers, 193 Gibside, 212 Gild, craft, 31 Gills, 95-97 Gilpin, altar-tomb of Bernard, 194, 195 Glory, Hand of, 45 Godric, St., 130-132, 173 — shrine of St., 138 Goodchild of Pallion, John, 230 Grace, Pilgrimage of, 16 Grains, 91-92 Grange, Lambton, 209 — Midridge, 224 — Raby, 222 Grave-covers, 192-193 — stones, Roman, 182 Great Aycliffe, 27 Greatham Hospital, 189 — old chapel at, 186 Great North Road, 24 Greenwell arms, 225 Greenwell family, 244-246 Greenwells of Broomshields, 247 "Guisers," or mummers, 58 Hall, Bishop Middleham, 222 — Blakiston, 222 Hall, Cleatlam, 221 — Cotham Conyers, 222, 223 — Coxhoe, 224 — Fen, 224 — Ford, 226 — Gainford, 222 — Holmside, 219 — Houghton-le-Spring, 228 — Kibblesworth, 227 — Middleton St. George, 224 — Pallion, 226 — School Aycliffe, 224 — Sledwish, 220 — Snotterton, 221 — Staindrop, 221 — Stanhope, 199 — Stella, 228 — Thornton, 224 — Thorpe Thewles, old, 222 — Washington, 225 — West Boldon, 226 — Westholme, 222 — West Rainton, 227 Hallow E’en sports, 58 Halls and Castles of Durham, 198-228 Halmote Rolls, 241 Hand of Glory, 45 Harding the Chronicler, Ralph, 218 Hartlepool, 37 — Church, 163 — — brass, 191 — West, 38 Hatfield, Bishop, 3 — Survey, 241 Haugh, 105 Haughton-le-Skerne Church, 171 Havelock, birthplace of General, 226 — Sir Henry, 35 Heatheryburn Cave, 79 Heighington Church, 171, 186 Hell-Fire Club, the, 204 Hell Kettles, 24 Heraldry, the Manche in, 251 Heralds’ Visitations, 239 Heslerigg, Sir Arthur, 201 High Barnes, Sunderland, 226 Highwaymen of the North, 24 Hilda, 4 — first religious house of St., 36 Hilton Castle, 187, 210, 211 — John, 210 — Sir Thomas, 210 — the Cau’d Lad of, 71-73 Hilton’s tomb, Monkwearmouth, 187 Hob of Pelaw, 64 Hodgson, Rev. J. F., 167 Holden, Sir Thomas, 218 Hole, 106 Hollinside, 218 Holms, 100 Holmside Hall, 219 Hooks, 106 Hopes, 88-92 Hopper, J. T. H., 200 "Hot cross buns," 57 Hot Hill, 101 Hoton brass, William, 168, 190 Houghton-le-Spring, 34 — Church, 174 — Hall, 228 Hounds, Gabriel, 45 Hulme, Nicholas, 189 Hunter family, 249 Hurworth Church, 172, 186 Hutchinson family, 256 Hutton, Robert, 195, 228 Incorporation, Durham’s first charter of, 31 Inn, Baydale, 24 Inscriptions, monumental, 182-197 Intake, 107 Isabella, sister of Robert Bruce, effigy of, 196 Isle, The, 220 James, Bishop, 206 James family, 225 Jarrow, 146-161 Jarrow, monastery of, 4, 16 John the Chanter, 149, 161 Kellaw, Bishop, 24 Kelyng, John, 189 Kerns, 98 Kettles, Hell, 24 Kibblesworth Hall, 227 Killhope Cross, 107 — Moor, 42 Knocker, sanctuary, 118-119 Lady Byron’s Well, Seaham, 55 Lady Chapel, Durham, 122, 138 Lad of Hilton, the Cau’d, 71-73 Lambton Castle, 74, 209 — Grange, 209 — William Henry, 209 — Worm, the, 73, 74, 134 — — Well, 54 Lambtons of Lambton, 240, 243-244 Lanchester Church, 171, 179 — Roman camp at, 4 Langley, Bishop, 31, 34 Law, Elizabethan Poor, 19 Lawrence of Durham, 8 — Rev. John, 230 Lee, Mary, 194 Legends of Durham, 65-78 Leighton, Henry, 209 Letters of John Wesley to Margaret Dale, 231-237 Lewen, Margaret, 231, 233 Ley, 103 Liddell family, 240, 252 "Life and death, power of," 1, 11 Lifeboat, first, 36 Lilburne family, 35 Lindisfarne, 108, 152 — monastery of, 4, 5 Linns, 98 Little Eden Tower, 216 Local lore of Durham Cathedral, 63 Londonderry, Marquess of, 220 Low Barnes, Sunderland, 226 Luck, spitting for, 61 Lucky and unlucky things, 59-61 — days, 57 Ludworth Tower, 218 Lumley arms, 242 — Castle, 207, 208 — tombs, Chester-le-Street, 178, 186 Lumleys of Lumley, 241-243 "Maiden garland," 52 Manche in heraldry, the, 251 Market-cross at Darlington, 25, 26 Mark, Vigil of St., 51 Material for tombstones, 196-197 Mathew, Michael, 189 Mea, 106 "Mell-supper," 58 Melsamby, Prior Thomas of, 135 Memorial brasses, Billingham, 172 — crosses, Anglo-Saxon, 183 Methodism in Durham, 22 Middleton, brass of William de, 189 — of Silksworth, George, 230 — St. George, 224 — Sir Gilbert, 28 — Thomas, of Chillingham, 185 Midridge Grange, 224 Mitford family, 70 Monkchester, 156 Monkwearmouth, 36, 146-161 Monumental brass, Haughton-le-Skerne, 171 — brasses, 189 — inscriptions, 182-197 Moor, Killhope, 42 Mortham, Robert de, 185 Motto, the Jameses’, 206 Mulberry Inn, Felling, 226 Names of streams, 83 Naunton, Elizabeth, Prioress of Neasham, 171 "Need-fire," working for, 54 Neile, Bishop, 19, 20 Neolithic men, 182 Neville family, 239 — Geoffrey de, 203 — Henry, Earl of Northumberland, 170 — monuments, Staindrop, 168 — Ralph, Earl of Northumberland, 170, 214 — screen, 121-122, 138 — tombs, Staindrop, 185 Neville’s Cross, 12, 55, 58 — — Battle of, 41 New Year’s Day, 56 Nine Altars Chapel, 125, 135 "Nominy sayer," 50 Norman tower, Jarrow, 161 North, Council of the, 16 — Gate, Durham, 13 Northumberland, Robert Cumin, Earl of, 29 Norton Church, 172 — effigy at, 187 Old Families of Durham, 239-256 Ords of Sands Hall, 252 Orphan Asylum, Sunderland, 35 Palace, Bishop Auckland, 200 Palatinate of Durham, 9, 19 Pallion Hall, 226 Pancake Bell, 56 — Tuesday, 56 Parish churches of Durham, 162-181 Park (De) arms, 188 "Parson, the Pickled," 76 Passenger railway-line, first, 26 Patrimony of St. Cuthbert, 5-6, 17 Pelaw, Hob of, 64 Pemberton of Bainbridge, John, 230 Pembertons of Belmont Hall, 256 Pictavia, Bishop Philip de, 172 Pictree Brag, the, 76-78 Pike, 105 Pilgrimage of Grace, 16 Pittington Church, 173 Place, Francis, 224 Plain, 105 Plot, Derwentdale, 21 Pollard Boar, the, 68-71, 74 — family, 68, 71 Pools, 98 Poor Law, Elizabethan, 19 Portents of death, 51 "Power of life and death," 1, 11 Prebendaries of Durham, 19 Prebend’s Bridge, Durham, 52 Pre-Reformation chancel screen, Staindrop, 169 Prior Thomas of Melsamby, 135 Priory, Finchale, 130-145 Pudsey, Bishop, 9, 33, 37, 38, 134, 166, 195, 202, 241 — Durham Charter of, 30 — Henry de, 134 Pulpit, Heighington Church, 186 Punning epitaphs, 197 Quaint sepulchral inscriptions, 194 Raby Castle, 214, 215 — Grange, 222 Railway-line, first passenger, 26 Ravenshelm, 212 Ravensworth Castle, 211, 212 — cross at, 212 Rebellion of the Earls, 18 Redmarshall Church, 172 Revenue, Bishop’s, 11 Ridding, 102 Rig, 105 Road, Great North, 24 Rolls, Halmote, 241 Roman altars at Bolihope, 80 — camps in Durham, 4 — gravestones, 182 — roads, 4, 130 Rood-loft, Darlington, 167 — Staindrop, 169 Roses, Wars of the, 14 Royal Oak Day, 57 Rudde brass, John, 192 Rushyford, 27 Ruthall, Bishop, 15 Ryton Church, 177 Sadberge, wapentake of, 9-14, 38 St. Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington, 165 St. Mary’s Church, Monkwearmouth, 149 Salvins of Croxdale, 240, 251 Sanctuary knocker, 118-119 — of St. Cuthbert, 24 Saxon chancel, Jarrow, 161 — church at Escomb, 157 — churches at Monkwearmouth and Jarrow, 147 — crosses, 26 — suffixes, 81 "Sayer, Nominy," 50 School Aycliffe, 224 — Durham, 22, 23 Screen, Neville, 121-122, 138 Seat, 104 Secular clergy, 109 Sedgefield, 38 — Church, 167 — — brasses in, 190, 191, 192, 193 — Rectory, 76 Seventh sons, 49 "Shafto, Bobby," 42 — family, 250 Shaftos of Tanfield Leigh, 250 Shaw, 101 Sherburn Hospital, 189 Shield Lawe, 36 Shields, South, 36 — — St. Hilda’s Church, 176 "Shout the mell," 58 Shrine of St. Godric, 138 Side, 106 Sikes or Sykes, 95-98 Skelton, Roger, 72 Snotterton Hall, 221 Sockburn, 217 — Worm, the, 74-76 Solomon’s Temple, 148 Spires, Durham, 166 "Spitting for luck," 61 Spring, legend of Sir John le, 65 Staindrop, 40 — Church, 168 — Hall, 221 Stanhope, 42, 84, 85 — Castle, 198 — Hall, 199 — treasure of, 79 Stanley, Andrew de, 168 Stella Hall, 228 Stevenson family, 249 Stockton, 38 Stone and wood effigies, 185-189 — Bulmer, 25 — cross, 28 — crosses, 107 Streams, names of, 83 Streatlam Castle, 213, 214 Sunderland, 34 — Orphan Asylum, 35 — of Dinsdale, 247-248 — Robert, 28, 246, 248 Surtees, Robert, ballads, 65 Symbolism on grave-covers, 193 Symeon of Durham, 111 Tailbois, family of, 224 Tempest, Colonel John, 220 — family, 219, 254 Temple, Solomon’s, 148 Theodore of Tarsus, 162 Things lucky and unlucky, 59-61 Thornton Hall, 224 Thorpe Thewles old hall, 222 Tidfirth, Bishop of Hexham, epitaph, 184 — of a deacon in Ryton Church, 188 Tomb of De Bruses, 165 — Venerable Bede’s, 123 Tombs, Bruce, 196 — Lumley, Chester-le-Street, 178, 186 — Neville, 185 Tombstones, material for, 196-197 Tower, Dalden, 216 — Darlington Church, 166 — Little Eden, 216 — Ludworth, 218 — Monkwearmouth Church, 153 — Staindrop Church, 169 Trades, Durham, 21, 22 Translation of St. Cuthbert, Feast of the, 29 Trotters of Helmdon, 256 Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, 16 Tyne Bridge, 34 University of Durham, 22, 23 Unlucky, things lucky and, 59 Ushaw College, 192 Vane family, 240 Van Mildert, Dr., 75 Vigil of St. Mark, 51 Visitation of Northumberland, 240 — of Shropshire, 240 — of York, 240 Visitations, Heralds’, 239 Walcher, Bishop, 6, 7, 30, 32, 36, 156 Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, 6 Walworth Castle, 215 Warbeck, advance of, 15 War, Civil, 20 Wars of the Roses, 14 Washington Hall, 225 Washingtons of Washington, 254 Watson, Edward, 222 Weardale, 79 — Forest of, 39 Wearmouth, 34 — monastery of, 4, 16 Weather-lore, 55 Weddings, 50 Well, Lady Byron’s, 55 — Lambton Worm, 54, 73, 74 — Venerable Bede’s, 55 Wells, 94-95 Wesley, Durham associations of John, 22, 229-238 West Boldon Hall, 226 West Rainton Hall, 227 Westholme Hall, 222 Wharton family, 240, 251 Whitburn Church, 176 Whitefield, George, 235 Whittingham, William, Dean of Durham, 220 Wilkinsons of Durham, 256 William of St. Carileph, Bishop, 7, 30, 110, 114, 118, 158, 166 Williamson family, 255 Wills, 241 Winston Church, 171 Witchcraft, 45 Witton Castle, 199 Wolsingham, 42 Wood and stone effigies, 185-189 — punning epitaph on Ralph, 197 Worm, the Lambton, 73, 74, 134 — the Sockburn, 74-76 — Well, the, 54, 73, 74 "Yule dollies," 59

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FOOTNOTES:

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

The Church from the North-west, Finchale Priory 136=> The Church from the North-west, Finchale Priory 139 {pg xii} frequently occuring Celtic=> frequently occurring Celtic {pg 87} the orginal chancel=> the original chancel {pg 173}