Excerpt from An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham, Vol. 1: Comprehending the Various Subjects of Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical Geography, Agriculture, Mines, Manufactures, Navigation, Trade, Commerce, Buildings, Antiquities, Curiosities, Public Institutions, Charities, Population, Customs, Biography Many curious and interesting incidents have been drawn from Sykes's Local Re cords; and to the editor of that valuable work our gratitude is due for the kind and liberal manner in which his private collection of local literature has been opened for the service of this work. The editor also tenders his thanks, for many interesting communications, to Robert Henry Allan, Esq., F. S. A., of Durham, the value of whose favours is enhanced by the manner in which they are conferred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.