Re my request for info on an address on the 1841 Census. Thanks a lot for offers of help and requests for more details. All I have is as follows: The family is: Jonathan Ord, 28, head Mary Ord, 28, wife 3 Children: John (4), Jonathan (3), and Eleanor (1) National Archive References: RG No: HO107 Piece: 320 Folio: 13\5 Page: 5 Reg District: Durham & Lanchester Sub District: St Oswald Parish: St Oswald Address: North Road P B & M B, St Oswald, Framwellgate A 'Street Search' gives 13 results, all with no House Number but with 'Schedule' numbers from 1984 - 1996 What could 'P B & M B' mean? I hope this helps. Malcolm Ord --------------------------------- The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider.

With reference to the district description I'd suggest that possibly PB = Parliamentary Boundary and MB = Municipal Boundary. Some of the addresses in the district only have PB scribbled underneath. In all cases PB and MB seem to have been written in a different handwriting from the main entries. Cheers, Ian Malcolm Ord wrote: > Re my request for info on an address on the 1841 Census. Thanks a lot for offers of help and requests for more details. All I have is as follows: > The family is: > Jonathan Ord, 28, head > Mary Ord, 28, wife > 3 Children: John (4), Jonathan (3), and Eleanor (1) > National Archive References: > RG No: HO107 Piece: 320 Folio: 13\5 Page: 5 > Reg District: Durham & Lanchester Sub District: St Oswald > Parish: St Oswald > Address: North Road P B & M B, St Oswald, Framwellgate > > A 'Street Search' gives 13 results, all with no House Number but with 'Schedule' numbers from 1984 - 1996 > > What could 'P B & M B' mean? > I hope this helps. > > Malcolm Ord > >

Hi Malcolm Try here http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Enter Grid Ref: 427487,543151 This should take you to an 1861 O/S map of the area Let it load fully and select Enlarged View, this gives a much clearer view. In the 1841 census it runs North Road (with as you say no specific addresses which is usually the case in 1841) Jonathan ORD household Then Bath House Boat House Crook Hall Mile Crook Hall Black House Frankland Frankland Park Newton Hall Newton Hall Garden House Newton Hall Cottage Union Hall You will see the area on the 1861 map, if you go North East following the River you will find Frankland , on going the opposite way you find the North Road enumerated before your ORD household. As your Jonathan was a draper and the previous houses are a Gunsmiths and a Cordwainer, I suspect they probably traded from their home/shop in the cluster of buildings at the top end of North Road Remembering though that enumerators walked the way they wanted to and sometimes not by the most obvious route. Its a bit early for Trade Directories but worth a try. I would ask at Durham Records office as they may have something on the specific area in the way of maps that may be useful Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) Admin for OVINGTON - HAYLOCK - SEYMOUR Lists > Re my request for info on an address on the 1841 Census. Thanks a lot for > offers of help and requests for more details. All I have is as follows: > The family is: > Jonathan Ord, 28, head > Mary Ord, 28, wife > 3 Children: John (4), Jonathan (3), and Eleanor (1) > National Archive References: > RG No: HO107 Piece: 320 Folio: 13\5 Page: 5 > Reg District: Durham & Lanchester Sub District: St Oswald > Parish: St Oswald > Address: North Road P B & M B, St Oswald, Framwellgate > > A 'Street Search' gives 13 results, all with no House Number but with > 'Schedule' numbers from 1984 - 1996 > > What could 'P B & M B' mean? > I hope this helps. > > Malcolm Ord