Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland

Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland is a book by Daniel Scott. The preface says the information in the pages has been derived from many sources during the last twenty years. The preface says that few districts in the United Kingdom have been more thoroughly worked for antiquarian and archæological purposes than have Cumberland and Westmorland. The text says a watch is to begin the first night of October, and to continue until the 16th day of March, and the sooner to begin, or longer to continue at the discretion of the Lord Warden General or his deputy.

The text says Penrith Beacon had an important place in the system of watch and ward. The text says Mary Baynes was given the credit for having bewitched the plough, and that Mary predicted to the scholars of Tebay School that some day carriages would run over Loupsfell without the aid of horses. The index lists entries for, among others, Needfire superstition, Night watch and Nutgeld service.