Deposition – Joseph Walton – 28 Nov 1757

Joseph Walton, 53, ‘being one of the people called Quakers upon his affirmation said’….lived at Mohopehead in Allendale from age of 10 to 27 (when he married). He herded his father’s sheep on Hareshaws from Hardrigg to Long Cross. About 25 years ago he saw Sir Walter Blackett and his company ride that part of the Boundary of the Manor of Hexham and saw the said Sir Walter and the people with him ride… from the Hardrigg Currock to the Long Cross on which this affirmant went down the fell to see which way they rode from the Long Cross and saw them ride the boundary from the Long Cross to the Blue Snabb end to the standing stone in the Millstones Bottom…and he saw Mr Whitfield that day…and doth not know what way Mr Whitfield or his company rode nor of any quarrel that happened near the Millstones.’