LILBURN (EAST), a township in the parish of
EGLINGHAM, northern division of COQUETDALE ward,
county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 4 miles (S. E. byE.)
from Wooler, containing 97 inhabitants. In 1768, on
the removal of a heap of stones, superstitiously believed
to have been raised by the devil, and called "the Apronful
of .stones," the base and fragments of a cross, with
four rows of steps, were discovered beneath.