Chirton Hall

In 1672, Ralph Reed sold his land in Chirton to John Clarke,[1] an agent of Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland.

[7] After he died in 1675, Clarke's widow, Jane, married Philip Bickerstaffe (MP for Berwick in 1685) the same year[2] and Chirton Hall became his seat.

On 1 August 1699 Bickerstaffe surrendered his copyhold lands in Chirton to Sir William Blackett who sold the hall to Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll.

[2] Robert Lawson, the High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1707, resided at Chirton Hall and by that time, there were adjoining plantations.

[11][12] It became a property of Edward Collingwood (1734 – 1806), a commissioner of Greenwich hospital,[2] and a barrister who ordered the construction of Dissington Hall.