Hi John & Listers, Thank you for the information. As regards locating church book records... would Corbridge, Thornbrough and Linnels, NBL all fall within the same parish area ca. 1700+/- ? These locations are associated with the BURDESS/BURDUS surname during the 1690-1720 time period. Thank you, Bette > Hi Bette > > I think the correct spelling should be Linnels. It is about 2m SE of > Hexham > and 3m SW of Corbridge. My gt-grandmother Sarah WILSON was a general > servant > on a farm there in 1851. The name was spelt Linolds in the 1851 census. > > Regards > John