YEAVERING, a township in the parish of KIRKNEWTON, western division of GLENDALE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Wooler, containing 64 inhabitants. In this township is Yeavering Bell, a lofty conical mountain rising to the height of more than two thousand feet from the vale. Its summit, which is level, and one thousand yards in circuit, is encompassed by the remains of an ancient wall, eight yards in breadth, built on the very edge of the hill, with an entrance on the south; within this is another wall, defended by a ditch, and in the centre of the area is a large cairn hollowed like a bowl. There are several smaller circles on other parts of the hill, with vestiges of a grove of oaks, strongly indicating that these works were constructed by the Druids. In the neighbourhood are, an immense cairn, and a cluster of rocks, respectively called Tom Tallan's grave and crag. Yeavering was the residence of some of the Saxon kings of Northumbria, particularly Edwin, after his conversion: here Paulinus was employed in baptizing other converts in the river Glen, close by. Near the village is a rude column of stone, commemorating the victory gained, in 1415, by the Earl of Westmorland, with a small English force of four hundred and forty men, over Sir Robert Umfranville, at the head of a Scottish army, consisting of four thousand.