Stan, Being late on the list this may have come up before however I have been browsing http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/findbylocation.asp and it has some fantastic information and all directories are searchable, names, businesses etc. From Kelly,s 1890 I noted the populations of the various areas. It shows the Panns as an entirely different township albeit with a population of only 195. I havn't gone through the historical information available yet as there is masses in various directories but the site will provide answers to a lot of questions I have. Regards David Rowntree Tasmania _____ From: Stanmapstone@aol.com [mailto:Stanmapstone@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, 26 October 2004 10:04 PM To: davtree@bigpond.com Subject: Re: [SUNDERLAND] John Graham & Elizabeth Robson, Sunderland - In a message dated 26/10/2004 02:18:25 GMT Daylight Time, davtree@bigpond.com writes: In the 1861 census there were at least 5 families living at 29 Panns Bishopwearmouth (I only have one page) which is why I wondered exactly what the Panns were. If was a single building it must have been a warren. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi David, That is not unusual, large houses left over from more spacious days were subdivided into tenements. By 1851 there was an average of two-and-a-half families (or between 10 and 11 people) to each house in Sunderland Parish, and although The Panns was in Bishopwearmouth, I suppose it was no different there. Even in 1926, Sunderland Health and Housing Committee reported one house in the east end with eight rooms which had five tenants and a further twenty five lodgers. An adjoining house with seven rooms had four tenants plus another fourteen residents. Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org