The large farming estate at East Lilburn was where Jane Gray and her family were living when Jane met John Cowey. There would have been a gathering of men, and families around mid March in Wooler, only 5 miles to the north, or perhaps in Eglingham. It was at these gatherings that men sought work, and the large estate farmers would be looking for labourers to begin work about May 15.
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