THE

LOCAL HISTORIAN'S

TABLE BOOK,

OF REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES,

Historical Facts, Traditions,

LEGENDARY AND DESCRIPTIVE BALLADS,

&c., &c.,

CONNECTED WITH THE COUNTIES OF

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.

BY M. A. RICHARDSON,

AUTHOR OF "A DESCRIPTIVE COMPANION THROUGH NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE."

LEGENDARY DIVISION. VOL. I.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne:

M. A. RICHARDSON, 44, GREY STREET.

AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

MDCCCXLII.

Univ. Library Santa Cruz 1995

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed by M. A. Richardson, 44, Grey Street.

Introduction of Christianity into Northumberland

The Burial of John Fitz Marmaduke, Lord of Horden

The Man Stealer Baffled; an incident of Tynedale...

A short Memoir of John Hall, esq. of Otterburn in Redesdale

An Account of the Wild Cattle in Chillingham Park

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The Captive Prelate; an Account of the Seizure of Bishop Beaumont

Followers of Prince Charles in Redesdale

Popular Superstitions in Northumberland ...

A short Account of Jock o' the Side, and Armstrong

An Account of the Rebellion in 1569...

An Account of the Betrayal of Northumberland by Douglas

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The Pick-tree Brag

The Brown Man of the Muirs

Some Account of the Life of George Coughron, the Mathematician

An Account of the Fate of the Scotch Army, 1644

Traditions of Berwick-upon-Tweed

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An Account of the Duke of Northumberland, Executed in the reign of Queen Mary 91

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An Account of a work entituled the Mirror of Magistrates'
Meg of Meldon, a Northumbrian Tradition

The Death of Clavering

Anecdotes of an Otter, Dog and Jay
Our Lady's Well, near Longwitton
Remarkable Instance of Fidelity

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Some Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. John Leyden

Records of Tynemouth Priory

Feats of Fox Hounds

Curious Fine

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Diverting Tricks of North Country Farmers

Anecdote of a Durham Schoolboy...

Miracles at Mitford

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Remarkable Instances of Heroism in Sunderland Sailors

Some Observations on Fairies

The Shepherd and his Men alarmed

A Notice of Lord Ewre

History of Geordie Bourne

The Quartermaster Outdone

A Funeral Anecdote

A Miracle of St. Oswin

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Instance of Monumental Indecorum

An Account of the Sword Dancers

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The Miller of the Clock mill, a Northumbrian Tradition ..

The Burning of Brinkburn Priory

Original Letters of the Rev. Charles Dodgson, A. M

Anecdote of an Officer

Thirlwall Castle and its Traditions

An account of the Skirmish of the Reedswire

Anecdote of Dr Hutton

Will Faa, how he met with his match

The Visit of James 1. to the city of Durham

Lord Keeper Guilford, on the Northern Circuit

Antiquarian Note. Otterburne

Account of Ragnar Lodbrach

Popular Customs on the Borders. Births

The Wretched Miser, or Gods Revenge against the

Pollard of Pollard Hall

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Oliver Cromwell at Weldon Old Mill

oppressor

Authentic Account of a Visit to the Haunted House at Willington

Sir Robert Carey's Troubles with the Borderers

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Some Memorials of Robert Beighet, a native of Redesdale

A Memoir of Mary Astley, a native of Newcastle upon Tyne

Stob Cross, a Tradition of the county of Durham

Narrative of an Incident at sea

The Brawn of Brancepeth, a Legend of Durham

Some Account of Robert Lowes, Attorney at Hexham, by Joseph Ridley

Some Account of the Murder of Margaret Crozier, by Robert White

A brief Memoir of Edward Coulson of Haydon by Joseph Ridley

An Account of the Finding of Hidden Treasure

An Adventure with Witches at Wallsend, by Robert White

Anecdote of the Emperor Severus

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An Account of the Cheviot hills, their Botanical, Meteorological and Geological

character...

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Anecdotes of Dogs

Popular Customs on the Borders, Deaths, by Robert White

Sonnet on the Historian of Northumberland

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A Lamentable Ditty on the Death of Lord Guildford Dudley and Lady Jane Grey 91

A Dirge on the Scule of Jamie Kinge of Scotlande
Epitaph in Berwick Churchyard

Pandon Dean

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Inscription on a Tombstone in the Churchyard of Haltwhistle

Lamente of Henrye Percye

Earl Moray's Capture

Conyers

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The Death of Clavering

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The Newcastle Rider, or Ducks and Pease
Stanzas to a Friend by R Roxby.
The Faries of Fawdon Hill

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Stanzas on a Lark singing during a snow storm

The Battle of Otterburne

The Death Song of Ragnar Lodbrach

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Derwent, an Ode

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Tribute of Respect to the memory of the Rev. Matthew Sharp