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Old 04-01-2018, 11:17 AM
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On our new year's day walk up there we went as far as the beach and returned via the footpath in the field to the south side of the road. I did notice the soil in there is unusually dark and there are lots of bits and pieces of pottery, glass, etc and I picked up the stem of a clay pipe. (Although all looking Victorian to me.)

I thought the other side of the beach road was the new town, but the 17c duke's map shows it on both sides. I suppose that explains the dark soil when we were expecting sandy soil there. From Hodgson I believe the Warkworth villagers still had the right to work the Newtown land long after it was abandoned for some reason as well.
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