Hedgeley, Northumberland

Description
Hedgeley, a township in Eglingham parish, Northumberland, under the Cheviots, near the river Breamish, 9 miles WNW of Alnwick, with a station on the N.E.R. Post and. money order office, Eglingham; telegraph office, Glanton. Acreage, 709; population, 122. Hedgeley Hall is a chief residence. A Druidical circle of ten stones, 114 feet in diameter, is at Three Stone Bum. A skirmish between the-Lancastrians, under Sir Ralph Percy, and the Yorkists, under Lord Montacnte, took place in 1463 on Hedgeley Moor, and was fatal to Sir Ralph Percy. A stone pillar, known as Hedgeley Cross, stands in commemoration of him, and bears the inscription- " "Tis of the Percy's deathless fame, That dark grey cross remains to tell; It bears the Percy's honoured name, for near its base the Percy fell."