COCKLAW, a township in the parish of ST-JOHN-LEE,
southern division of TINDALE ward, county of
NORTHUMBERLAND, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Hexham,
containing 199 inhabitants. It extends from the North
Tyne along the eastern side of the Erring-bourn.
Here are remains of an ancient castle of the Erringtons,
called Cocklaw Tower.