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HERMITAGE, a seat in St. John-Lee parish, Northumberland; on the river Tyne, in the NW vicinity of Hexham. It took its name from being the retreat of St. John of Beverley; occupies the site of an ancient oratory, which was plundered, in 1138, by the Scots; has in its garden a monumental flagstone to a proprietor, who died in 1655; was itself built in 1724 by the Coatsworths; and is now the seat of Mrs. Allgood.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Hermitage |
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