In a message dated 06/02/2008 17:26:37 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Can anyone tell me where Stocks Hill, Monwearmouth was? Was it the name of a district of the parish? According to their death certificates, my great grandparents, Joseph and Mary Graham, were living there in the late 1850'S early1860. _____________________________________________________________________________ Hi Meg, There were a number of Hills in Monkwearmouth formed by the sand ballast from the ships. There was Meeting Hill, Cage Hill, Lookout Hill and Palmers Hill, but I can't find a reference to Stocks Hill at the moment. Do you have them in the 1861 Census? Stan