Williamson family, 255
Wills, 241
Winston Church, 171
Witchcraft, 45
Witton Castle, 199
Wolsingham, 42
Wood and stone effigies, 185-189
---- punning epitaph on Ralph, 197
Worm, the Lambton, 73, 74, 134
---- the Sockburn, 74-76
---- Well, the, 54, 73, 74
"Yule dollies," 59
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