Wallington Hall
At some point in Wallington’s history, the following verse was written as part of a poem entitled “Cheviot”:
At some point in Wallington’s history, the following verse was written as part of a poem entitled “Cheviot”:
The Blackett ancestral home of Esholt Hall stands today close to the village of Esholt near Bradford, in the County of West Yorkshire.
Newby Hall is situated on the banks of the river Ure near Ripon and Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire.
The Blackett ancestral home of Shull lies in the Hamsterley Forest area to the north-west of Hamsterley village, and is situated close to Hoppyland (to the south), the Shipleys (to the east) and Bedburn Hall (to the south).
Hoppyland in its prime
(Courtesy of Beamish Photographic Archive)
[i] South Bedburn, in the township of Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, is situated in a pleasant location on the north side of the Bedburn Beck (Beda’s Beck), from which the name of the township is possibly derived. Bedburn Hall today was built circa 1900, by Fogg Elliot.