In a message dated 07/10/2007 10:05:15 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: That is amazing. Being a complete dummy when it comes to mines. Does that mean the family owned all those mines or were they for some reason named after the family. _____________________________________________________________ Hi Pam, They were not named after the family, they were named after the Hutton coal seam to which they gave access. Hutton Drift Lanchester, was at the Hamsteels Colliery Hutton Pit Annfield Plain, was at the South Derwent Colliery Hutton Pit Cockfield, was at New Copley Colliery Hutton Seam Drift, Cockfield, was the Butterknowle Colliery Co. Ltd. Hutton Henry Colliery, at Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate Hutton Henry is a village the name comes from the ancient manor of Hoton(a), which was held by Henry de Essh in the 14th century. Stan