National Gazetteer (1868) - Guyson

"GUYSON, (or Guyzance), a township in the parish of Shilbottle, ward of Coquetdale, county Northumberland, 8 miles S.E. of Alnwick. It is situated on the river Coquet, and contains the hamlet of Brainshough. Here was a small nunnery, founded by Richard Tyson in the 12th century, and subsequently annexed to Alnwick Abbey.