Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, CompleteHolinshed, Raphael
History
Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
Being past this noble streame, we came by a rill that descendeth from
Bowsden by Barington. Then by the second which ariseth betwéene
Middleton and Detcham or Dereham, and runneth by Eskill and the Rosse,
next of all to Warnemouth, of whose backe water I read as followeth.
[Sidenote: Warne.]
The Warne or Gwerne riseth southwest of Crokelaw, and going by
Warneford, Bradford, Spindlestone, and Budill, it leaueth Newton on
the right hand, and so falleth into the Ocean, after it hath run
almost nine miles from the head within the land, and receiued a rill
beneath Yessington, which commeth downe betweene Newland and
Olchester, and hath a bridge beneath the confluence, which leadeth
ouer the same. From Warnemouth we sailed by Bamborow castell, and came
at last to a fall betweene Bedwell and Newton. The maine water that
serueth this issue, riseth aboue Carleton from the foot of an hill,
which séemeth to part the head of this and that of Warne in sunder. It
runneth also by Carleton, Tonleie, Doxford, Brunton, and Tuggell, and
finallie into the sea, as to his course apperteineth.
[Sidenote: Aile, or Alne, aliàs Chalne.]
From this water we went by Dunstanbugh castell, vnto the Chalne or
Alnemouth, which is serued with a pretie riueret called Alne, the head
whereof riseth in the hils west of Alnham towne, and called by
Ptolomie, Celnius. From thense also it runneth by Rile, Kile,
Eslington, and Whittingham, where it crosseth a rill comming from by
south, and beneath the same, the second that descendeth from Eirchild
at Brone, & likewise the third that riseth at Newton, and runneth by
Edlingham castell and Lemmaton (all on the southeast side or right
hand) and so passeth on further, till it meet with the fourth, comming
from aboue Shipleie from by north, after which confluence it goeth to
Alnewijc, & then to Dennijc, receiuing there a rillet from by south
and a rill from by north, and thence going on to Bilton, betweene
Ailmouth towne and Wooddon, it sweepeth into the Ocean.
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