The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-26 00:00:00

WESTWARD OF NEWCASTLE.

Newburn (on the north side of the Tyne, 4 miles
by road, passing Denton Burn, where may br, seen a
small part of the Roman wall, the only part remaining
eastward of the North Tyne); church, and site of an-
cient town.
Ryton (a station of the Newcastle and Carlisle
Railway, 5 miles from Newcastle); fine church with
first-pointed work, monuments—largo unopened barrow.
Prudhoe Castle (a railway station, 8 miles from New-
castle); remains of Norman castle, double gate-tower,
&c. [lt is intended that this spot shall be visited by
the Institute on the excursion to Ilexham, arranged for
Monday, August 30th.]
Ovinghaua (on the north side of the Tyne, opposite to
Prudhoe, reached by ferry); fine church with ancient
tower. _ _

By well (12 miles from Newcastle, a railway station);
two ancient parish churches, divided by the road; some
ancient monumental slabs; Balliol's tower.
Aydon Castle (two miles' walk from the railway sta-
tion at Corbridge); fine specimen of domestic castellated
architecture of the time of Henry 111., with some re-
markable features.
Dilston (a mile from railway station at Corbridge);
remains of tower of the Radcliffes, ancestors of the last
Earl of Derwentwater—fine scencery on the Devil's
Water.
Corbridge (railway station, 17 miles from Newcastle);
the Watling-street hero crossed the river; church with
first pointed work, tower adjacent.
Hexham (railway station, 20 miles from Newcastle);
fine abbey church of first-pointed architecture, now used
as the parish church; Saxon crypt or subterranean
chapel, the supposed work of St. Wilfrid, Bishop of
Hexham, monastic remains, fortified gate, tower, and
manor-house, ancient houses. [The Institute is to visit
Hexham on August 30.]
Langley Castle (3 miles from railway station at Hay-
don Bridge); fine remains of baronial castle, the pro-
perty of the last Earl of Derwentwater.
Warden (2 miles from railway station at Fourstones);
remains of encampments; picturesque scenery at the
meeting of the North and the South Tyne.
Chesters (3 miles from Fourstones station); fine re-
mains of Roman villa.
Haughton Castle (on the North Tyne, 7 miles by road
from Hexham); fine remains of border tower, but al-
tered for modern residence; scenery of North Tyne.
Wark Castle, lßellingham Church, Risingham (the
Roman Habitancum), and other places of interest and
great antiquity, may be included in a day's excursion up
the valley of the North Tyno by carriage road from
Hexham.
Blanchland (12 miles from a railway station); remains
of Premonstratensian Abbey on the Dement.

SOUTHWARD OF NEWCASTLE.
Ravensworth Castle (4 miles south-west of Newcastle
by road, passing Farnacres, the site of ancient Chantry
Chapel) ; fine modern castle, inclosing some ancient
masonry; extensive woods.
Chester-le-Street (8 miles from Newcastle by road,
passing Ravensworth, and also Lambton Castle—a mo-
dern castellated edifice on a bold escarpment, above the
Wear, containing good pictures, and overlooking
now
sylvan scenery); fine ancient collegial©
parochial, remarkable monuments,—[This
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churcherires
to the north, through Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
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Lumley Castle (2 miles from Ch entrance
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entrance
road); great castellated mansion,
gateway and other portions of an
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(1 mile faro
earlier castle are incor-
porated.
f Newcastle) ; fine
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Church of St. Michael, chiefly 9
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tomb of Bernard Gilpen, andfreoamr
railway station)—Pie_
Finchale (2 miles by road
tii tine monastery and church
turesque remains of Benedictine monastery
of decorated
of first. pointed architecture,
windows inserted. Finehale is a spot of deep seclusion
in the wooded valley Of the W
Durham (branch railway ear.
station, 19 miles from New-
castle by railway, 14 by
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