What an excellent sleuthing and analysis, Deb. Congratulations. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb" <oneleaf@bigpond.net.au> > I have come to the conclusion that Durham Street became Northumberland > Street, but today is Denman Street, West Maitland. This makes sense as > Margaret says it was in the vicinity of the Rose Inn, which was on High > Street, West Maitland (backing onto the river - so somewhere on the bend > of > the river). > > The following are references as to how I came to this conclusion. Hope > you > can follow. (State Records description of a record including "Denman or > Northumberland or Durham Street" is a dead giveaway!

Thanks, Ray. I don’t mind a puzzle when it involves history. It is amazing what you can learn from other people’s family history puzzles. Deb. -----Original Message----- From: Ray Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:48 PM To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HV] Durham Street is now Denman Street, West Maitland What an excellent sleuthing and analysis, Deb. Congratulations. Ray