be "Apud Stockton, 21 Aug., 1644." The sequestrators of the Parliament direct a warrant to the Constable of Billingham and Wolviston to give notice to the inhabitants who pay tithes to appear fore them at Rowland Burdon's honse, in Stockton, on Wednesday, the 26th of August. 1688 1689 Thomas Wrangham 1690 1692} Robert Jackson 1693 James Cooke 1694 1695 James Burdon 1697 William Atkinson 1700 Thomas Wrangham 1701 1702 Ralph Bunting 1703 James Cooke 1742 James Raisbeck 1743 William Sleigh 1744S 1745 Henry Brown 1746 James Raisbeck 1747 Thomas Raisbeck 1748 Ralph Whitley 1749$ 1750 Jonathan Troy 17512 Richardson Ferrand 1752 1753 William Sleigh 1754S 1755 Henry Brown 1756 James Raisbeck 1757 Thomas Raisbeck 1758 Ralph Whitley 1718 Thomas Ogle 1719 John Cooke 1720 William Raisbeck 1759 George Sutton Part the Fourth. OF THE NAVIGATION AND TRADE. CHAPTER XIII. Of the Navigation of the River Tees.-A projected Cut and Canal. "Rejoice-as if the thundering Tees himself MASON. HE course of my narrative leads me, before I endeavour to delineate the present state of Stockton, to consider the navigation of the river, as a free passage by water is a necessary and indispensable property in calculating the prosperity of a maritime situation. And if we take into account its beauty, as well as utility, the river Tees will not have many rivals. Its beauty consists of the infinite variety of mountains and moorlands through which it flows in the early part of its course; the delightful meadows and green pastures, W almost surrounded by its waters, in the middle course; and in the opening shores and distant promontories where it joins the ocean. Near the commencement of the last division, on the northern bank, stands the town of Stockton, where the river is of a considerable breadth, and permits the trading vessels to be laid close to the quays. I am tempted to digress, and rest my readers and myself on the banks of a favourite stream; and, for a few moments, indulge in the contemplation of its rural charms. The river Tees rises on the eastern side of the mountain of Cross-fell, in Cumberland; and, in a passage of sixty or seventy miles, washes the undulating southern shore of the county of Durham. Many a fine romantic scene does it enrich in its current. The rocky channel at Caldron snout, the cataract at the High Force, where the body of the river rushes over a ledge of rock 69 feet in height, the chain-bridge, called Wince-bridge, the parent of many a modern structure; the noble remnant of Barnard-castle, the tranquil scene at Eggleston Abbey, and the sweet walks of Rokeby, all celebrated by an enchanted pen; the hanging woods and picturesque cliffs at Winston and at Gainford; the pastoral scenes at Hurworth, the sequestered spot where the salubrious springs of Dinsdale, near Middleton-one-Row, entice to health and contemplation-require the soft pencil of a Gilpin to describe them. A Gilpin has recorded the charming scenes on this river, though it came not within his plan to describe their peculiar beauties. "In the bishopric of Durham,” he says, "we find only the forest of Langden [Langley-dale] or Tees-dale, which latter name it assumes from running along the banks of the Tees. When the woods of this forest |