A few mentions in newspapers of different people and events at Moory Spot.
Including:
"PRESTWICK CARR: - In accordance with the Inclosure Act, a portion of Prestwick Carr was offered for public sale at the Seven Stars Inn, Ponteland, on the afternoon of Thursday week. The bidding for the first allotment - of small extent - was very languid, and it was finally bought in by the Commissioners at £45 per acre, as was also the second lot at £40. The four larger allotments were then offered for copmpetition, and were all bought by Mr. John Robson, agent to Matthew Bell, Esq. (whose estate is contiguous) at an average of nearly £35 per acre. The remaining three small allotments were bought in by the Commissioners at an average rate of £30 per acre. The part sold is considered the best part of the Carr, lying high and dry, and well known to visitors as Moory Spot Hill, where horse races were formally held. The whole surface of the Carr contains upwards of eleven hundred acres, nearly one-third of which is composed of black peat."
Saturday, Nov. 29, 1856, Newcastle Journal
