VOLUME XX., NO. 578] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1832. [PRICE 2d.
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[Illustration: TANFIELD ARCH, DURHAM.]
Tanfield is a considerable village, situated seven miles from Gateshead,
in the county of Durham, and eight miles in a south-west direction from
Newcastle-on-Tyne. The above arch is about a mile from the village, and
crosses a deep dell, called Causey Burne, down which an insignificant
streamlet finds its sinuous course. The site possesses some picturesque
beauty, though its silvan pride be
After a season gay and brief,
Condemn'd to fade and flee.