Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . CROSS HOUSE, WESTGATE STREET, NEWCASTLE. He had obtained in 1769 a profitable lease from Merton College,Oxford, of the great or rectorial tithes of the parishes of Pontelandand Embleton, and in 1784 he purchased from the Carrs of Eshottthe estate of High and Hedgely. Upon this property he atonce commenced to indulge the love of forestry which he haddeveloped to some extent upon his patrimonial inheritance. Besidesenlarging the mansion at High Hedgely, he extended the gardens, laidout extensive woods and plantations, and diverted the course of theriver B

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Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . CROSS HOUSE, WESTGATE STREET, NEWCASTLE. He had obtained in 1769 a profitable lease from Merton College,Oxford, of the great or rectorial tithes of the parishes of Pontelandand Embleton, and in 1784 he purchased from the Carrs of Eshottthe estate of High and Hedgely. Upon this property he atonce commenced to indulge the love of forestry which he haddeveloped to some extent upon his patrimonial inheritance. Besidesenlarging the mansion at High Hedgely, he extended the gardens, laidout extensive woods and plantations, and diverted the course of theriver Breamish through the estate from a dangerous into a manageablechannel. A few years later he bought Prendwick, in the parish ofAlnham; and about the same time acquired from Mr. Bell, of RALPH CARR. 493 Woolsington, the estates of Bygate Hall, in Upper Coquetdale, andLumsdon, upon lliese investments gave him possessionof moorlands dear to the sportsman, of burns and streamlets sacredto the angler, of camps and battlefields

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