David of the Swalwell website has pointed out that Hopper's Court was a small alley which led off Swalwell Front Street next to Brewer's Bank. The dwellings there were demolished to make way for the present day Swalwell Club. As regards Cooks Buildings, if you look at the enumerators schedule from the 1911 census, you can see that it appears to run down Front Street, past Holy Trinity Church, Wesleyan Chapel and Butchers Yard before arriving at Cooks Buildings. The actual census returns appear to follow this route as well, the WRIGHT and CLASPER families are in the flats with schedule numbers 16 and 17. Looking at the Godfrey Map for Swalwell, I am unable to identify the church and the chapel, can anyone point me please? Many thanks Rod

Rod Approaching Swalwell from the west - Blaydon - on the right you will see Swalwell [or Whickham] Bank. On the corner is the house where William Shields lived. About 100 yards up the bank on the left is a street which I think was named Railway Street. Turn left and there are buildings on the left, more or less triangular in shape, and in the middle of them, up some stairs was the Wesleyan Chapel. Downstairs was a hall which we used as a youth club, and a printers shop [Fletchers] in the 1950s when I attended that chapel. IThe chapel now seems to be an indian restaurant. I'm wondering if this group of buildings was Butcher's Yard or even Cook's Buildings. Continuing down that street which joins up to Market Lane again, the Church of England was on the right. I don't see it marked on current maps, so perhaps it has been demolished - someone who lives there now can perhaps tell you better. Heather in Saskatoon, Canada Rod Clayburn wrote: > David of the Swalwell website has pointed out that Hopper's Court was a > small alley which led off Swalwell Front Street next to Brewer's Bank. The > dwellings there were demolished to make way for the present day Swalwell Club. > > As regards Cooks Buildings, if you look at the enumerators schedule from > the 1911 census, you can see that it appears to run down Front Street, past > Holy Trinity Church, Wesleyan Chapel and Butchers Yard before arriving at > Cooks Buildings. > The actual census returns appear to follow this route as well, the WRIGHT > and CLASPER families are in the flats with schedule numbers 16 and 17. > > Looking at the Godfrey Map for Swalwell, I am unable to identify the church > and the chapel, can anyone point me please? > > Many thanks > > Rod > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DURHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >