COCKLE-PARK, a township in the parish of HEBBURN,
western division of MORPETH ward, county of
NORTHUMBERLAND, ,4 miles (N.) from Morpeth, con»
taining 57 inhabitants. Cockle Park tower stands on an
eminence, and was formerly a strong hold of the family
of Bertram, and their tenants, who fled to it, with their
cattle, &c., in time of danger: the south part was destroyed
by lightning several centuries ago.