3. ‘Hoppertope,’ Ottercap (now Ottercaps) Hill, in the parish of Kirk Whelpington, Tynedale Ward, Northumberland. ‘Rodclyffe crage’ (now Rothby Crags), a cliff near Rodeley, south-east of Ottercap. ‘Grene Lynton,’ a corruption of Green Leyton, south-east of Rodely.—Percy.
Over Hoppertope hyll they cam in,
And so down by Rodclyffe crage;
Vpon Grene Lynton they lyghted dowyn,
Styrande many a stage.
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And boldely brente Northomberlond,
And haryed many a towyn;
They dyd owr Ynglyssh men grete wrange,
To battell that were not bowyn.