In message <043a01c72f9a$2a1d49a0$6501a8c0@owner5qmruj7lq>, Bette McIntosh <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> writes >Dear Listers, > >I have ordered & received a copy of a County Durham death registration >for a coal miner which states that the death occurred in 1870 in "Low >Spennymore Ferryhill". > >Could someone elaborate on this information for me. What specific >locale is meant by this particular reference ("Low Spennymore >Ferryhill") and would there be any way of knowing from this death >record which colliery location would have likely been the deceased's >place of employment? > >Thank you & happy new year to all, >Bette Hello Bette, Go to Old Maps at <http://www.old-maps.co.uk/> and look up Grid Ref: 426922,533500 for a 1861 map of Low Spennymoor, which is just to the east of Spennymoor. Now it is all one town. If you have problems finding Spennymoor in church records or census, it may be under Whitworth in earlier records. The death certificate gives Ferryhill as that was the nearest town to Low Spennymoor. Mines in the area: One of them was Whitworth Park Colliery. Here is a list of mines within a 5 mile radius with operating dates - there are lots in the area so narrowing it down will be quite difficult: <http://www.dmm.org.uk/collnear/w011.htm> Regards, -- Helen Oram