Hi Doris, I've sent you a section of an 1860 map which shows The Commercial Inn immediately adjacent to the Ferry Boat Landing. I imagine it's name had changed to Commercial House by 1911. Cheers Philip > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:45:00 -0000 > From: "John.harker"<john.harker@ntlworld.com> > Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] COMMERCIAL HOUSE > To:<ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID:<E8C683B77BFC4DECBEAE18C24F36465E@bertrood> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > I have found a ancestor at premises Commercial House Ferry Boat Landing ,who would live in these premises would they be seamen ? or commercial travellers this was about 1911 > Have found Ferry Boat round about Hylton ,but cannot come up with Commercial House > Any help would be very welcome > Thank you