On 06/02/2010 00:45, Kevin & Lynne Hyde wrote: > My 4xgreat grandmother was Mary Ann Stokoe born in Beaufront in 1816. > I can't find Beaufront on any map .could somebody tell me exactly where it is please. also the nearest church as I would also like to find who here parents were. > Thanks for your help. Kevynne Beaufront Castle a grand mansion about three miles NE of Hexham. The current building dates from the mid nineteenth century but there have been buildings on the site since the 15th century at least. It's likely your ancestor was born in one of the many farms or houses on Beaufront Estate rather than in the castle itself. Beaufront is part of the parish of St John Lee and the parish church is at Acomb. As a matter of possible interest - had Nazi invasion forces landed on the Northumberland beaches during World War II, Beaufront Castle was designated as the HQ of the planned defence measures - the several "stop lines" designed to slow down the enemy forces culminating in the Tyne Stop Line designed to stop them. If anyone is interested in the plans for the WW2 Battle of the Tyne you can read about them in some detail at: http://www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/War_NE/w_section_05.html Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

There was also a house in Roker called Beaufront, close to the 'Stadium of Light' training complex as I remember. It is still there as a B&B but may not now go by the same name. Given the existence of the mansion there are probably many houses with that name though. Clifford Allison. __________________________________ In a message dated 06/02/2010 01:39:50 GMT Standard Time, bp@bpears.org.uk writes: On 06/02/2010 00:45, Kevin & Lynne Hyde wrote: > My 4xgreat grandmother was Mary Ann Stokoe born in Beaufront in 1816. > I can't find Beaufront on any map .could somebody tell me exactly where it is please. also the nearest church as I would also like to find who here parents were. > Thanks for your help. Kevynne Beaufront Castle a grand mansion about three miles NE of Hexham. The current building dates from the mid nineteenth century but there have been buildings on the site since the 15th century at least. It's likely your ancestor was born in one of the many farms or houses on Beaufront Estate rather than in the castle itself. Beaufront is part of the parish of St John Lee and the parish church is at Acomb. As a matter of possible interest - had Nazi invasion forces landed on the Northumberland beaches during World War II, Beaufront Castle was designated as the HQ of the planned defence measures - the several "stop lines" designed to slow down the enemy forces culminating in the Tyne Stop Line designed to stop them. If anyone is interested in the plans for the WW2 Battle of the Tyne you can read about them in some detail at: http://www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/War_NE/w_section_05.html Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Brian, will thoroughly enjoy reading it this afternoon. Anne, Melbourne > > Hi > > You may be interested in a free online book: "North East England > Local History" by Sheila Convey. There are chapters entitled: The > Theatre Royal, The Keelmen of the Tyne, The Assembly Rooms, > Newcastle Town Moor, Gibside Estate, The Tyne Bridge, The High > Level Bridge, La Sagesse, and Robert Hazlitt and the Highwayman. > > You'll find it at: > > http://www.otherworldnortheast.org.uk/downloads/nelocalvol1.pdf > > Brian > -- > Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ > Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List > GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Brian, Many thanks for your interesting link. Just browsed the book and found it very interesting. Regards Anne-Marie Bainbridge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Pears" <bp@bpears.org.uk> To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:37 AM Subject: [NMB] Free E-Book - North East England Local History > > Hi > > You may be interested in a free online book: "North East England > Local History" by Sheila Convey. There are chapters entitled: The > Theatre Royal, The Keelmen of the Tyne, The Assembly Rooms, > Newcastle Town Moor, Gibside Estate, The Tyne Bridge, The High > Level Bridge, La Sagesse, and Robert Hazlitt and the Highwayman. > > You'll find it at: > > http://www.otherworldnortheast.org.uk/downloads/nelocalvol1.pdf > > Brian > -- > Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ > Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List > GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks, Brian, for the tip-off to this fascinating book. It has already destroyed my other afternoon plans. The part about the Tyne Bridge brought back memories for me, even though I was being brought up in Toronto at the time. About 1933 - I'm guessing here, because I don't think I had started school yet - my mother's younger sister, her husband, and her three children returned to Sunderland after some years in Yokohama. They chose to do so via Toronto - a major family event. I don't now remember how they crammed into our small house. For some reason my uncle took it into his head to buy a handsome gramophone (which now serves my eldest daughter as a liquor cabinet) and a pile of records, mainly G & S, Master Lough, and Frank Crumit. But there was also a record of the King opening the Tyne Bridge. The e-book mentions his speech, but not that the King took a minor coughing fit in the middle, to the great delight of my daft uncle and my dad. The pair of them used to play that record over and over so as to join His Majesty in a coughing trio, in which they egged the kids on to join. At length my aunt caused the record to disappear until after she had left. Apart from my dad's comparison with the Sydney Harbour bridge, that was the sum of my knowledge of the Tyne Bridge till I saw it first in 1951. Thanks again

Hi You may be interested in a free online book: "North East England Local History" by Sheila Convey. There are chapters entitled: The Theatre Royal, The Keelmen of the Tyne, The Assembly Rooms, Newcastle Town Moor, Gibside Estate, The Tyne Bridge, The High Level Bridge, La Sagesse, and Robert Hazlitt and the Highwayman. You'll find it at: http://www.otherworldnortheast.org.uk/downloads/nelocalvol1.pdf Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer

I have come across the following while looking at the history of Three Mile Bridge farm John Cram, farmer of 3 Mile Bridge (devisee of Christopher Adamson), ... Please, what is meant by the term 'devisee' Many thanks Mike Fairless

Hi Mike >From OED devisee The person to whom property is devised by will Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I have come across the following while looking at the history of Three > Mile Bridge farm > > John Cram, farmer of 3 Mile Bridge (devisee of Christopher Adamson), ... > > Please, what is meant by the term 'devisee' > > Many thanks > > Mike Fairless

My GGrandfather, Joseph Wilkinson (Pitman) was born 20 Apr 1849 and married Mary Johnson, age 19 in Hexham on 14 Dec 1870 in Lanchester Parish Church, County Durham. Mary's father listed as Robert Johnson, Miner. In subsequent census reports Mary lists her birthplace as either Tanfield, South Moor or Holmside. I would like to find her family prior to 1871 census(RG10/4956) and know who her birth parents might be. Joseph's father John Wilkinson, b. abt 1820 in Hexham, Northumberland, married Mary Ann Harrison, daughter of William Harrison(no occupation given), on 07 Aug 1847. John lists his father on the marriage record as Robert Robson, Chemist & Druggist. I have searched for a likely birth record for John, and also searched for a Robert Robson, Chemist or Druggist, and have found none in census reports. Does this indicate my GG Grandfather was illegitimate and/or adopted? Should I be looking for an illegitimate birth of a John to an unmarried Wilkinson woman? Hexham records for that time period are not online. I have checked Ovingham. Would like to solve this mystery, so any help would be greatly appreciated! Reid Cooper California, USA

Hi Bill, it looks like this couple were baptising their children in C of E churches and thus you may very be well find the marriage and christening of your Mary Ann. Their son Thomas appears in the BTs for Warworth and was baptised there on 8th July 1838 and brother James was baptised at Gosforth in 1840. I would suggest that the information you are seeking may well be in the Rothbury parish registers but they aren't on the IGI after 1812 and the BTs stop at 1831 just before the time frame you are interested in.You can probably order copies of the registers at a Mormon church library if there is one in your area. Yours John _________________________________________________________________ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/

Thanks for that Geoff. R. -----Original Message----- From: Geordiegeoff@aol.com [mailto:Geordiegeoff@aol.com] Sent: 30 January 2010 15:52 To: northumbria@rootsweb.com; NORTHUMBRIA@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] Benridge hall, Ponteland Hello All On 30/01/2010 Rod S wrote >The recent talk about Ponteland has reminded me of a query I have about >Benridge Hall. Can anyone tell me anything about it's history from say 1880 >to 1930? Rod Benridge Hall appears in the 1881 census as a hotel under the proprietorship of one of my tree,Margaret Ruth BLAGBURN. RG 11 Piece 5097 Folio 85 Page 12 refers In 1891 and 1901 Margaret Ruth was still there with her sister Catherine but the hall was no longer described as a hotel,although there were still a few servants in attendance RG 12 Piece 4241 Folio 94 Page 2 RG 13 Piece 4815 Folio 115 Page 1 By 1911,the sisters had retired south to Barnet so I cannot help you to fill the gap to 1930 Cheers Geoff BLAGBURN

Rothbury baptism: Mary Anne Mole baptised 2 Oct 1836 d/o Maria, no father named. I looked in the Irregular marriages advertised in the Berwick and other Border papers but no likely Mole, Moule, Mool, Mould marriage with a wife Maria. Jnais

In a message dated 31/01/2010 11:15:52 GMT Standard Time, r.strong@sheffield.ac.uk writes: >I don't suppose you know whether it is still there do you? Hi Rod Yes,Benridge Hall is still there. There are many references and some pictures of the Hall and neighbourhood available via your usual search engine. Incidentally,which of the various guests of my ancestor Margaret BLAGBURN were you interested in? I may have some relevant information tucked away somewhere. Cheers Geoff BLAGBURN

Hello Listers, I have been searching for records of my MOLE ancestors for several years now but have been unable to make any progress and wonder if anyone on this list could help. I've been trying to find a birth record for my gggrandmother Mary Ann MOLE without success. The various census records I have for her give conflicting information, stating that she was born either in Longbenton, Rothbury or Ponteland. Back calculating from her age on each census, I figure that she must have been born around 1835 + or - three years or so. I have searched the IGI and the newly-available Bishop's transcripts for Northumberland and have found no records that match. I am also trying to find a record of her parent's marriage. Her father was James MOLE, born in Alnwick, and her mother's first name was Maria (1841 Gosforth census). They may have been married about 1835 or earlier but I have also been unable to find such a record in Northumberland from the aforementioned sources. Mary Ann's marriage certificate to my gggrandfather, Edward WARDLE, in Longbenton, gives her surname as MOULD instead of MOLE. Consequently, I searched under that surname for the aforementioned records but without success as well. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Bill Wardle, Galveston, TX, USA

Hi, The recent talk about Ponteland has reminded me of a query I have about Benridge Hall. Can anyone tell me anything about it's history from say 1880 to 1930? Rod S.

Hello All On 30/01/2010 Rod S wrote >The recent talk about Ponteland has reminded me of a query I have about >Benridge Hall. Can anyone tell me anything about it's history from say 1880 >to 1930? Rod Benridge Hall appears in the 1881 census as a hotel under the proprietorship of one of my tree,Margaret Ruth BLAGBURN. RG 11 Piece 5097 Folio 85 Page 12 refers In 1891 and 1901 Margaret Ruth was still there with her sister Catherine but the hall was no longer described as a hotel,although there were still a few servants in attendance RG 12 Piece 4241 Folio 94 Page 2 RG 13 Piece 4815 Folio 115 Page 1 By 1911,the sisters had retired south to Barnet so I cannot help you to fill the gap to 1930 Cheers Geoff BLAGBURN

jim my folks are from south shields and the man on the left definitely looks like a kelly as matter of fact i have an uncle who could pass for that man regards peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Maddison" <NORTHUMBRIA-LL@maddison.demon.co.uk> To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:28 AM Subject: [NMB] Performers [was Wee Georgie Wood] > I'm interested in seeing if anyone can identify the chap at the back in > the photograph here http://www.maddison.demon.co.uk/small.jpg > > The man on the right is my grandfather who died in 1942. The North East > connection is that my grandfather is South Shields born and bred. > > I've no idea who the man at the left is but both he and my grandfather > look as if they are pleased to be in this pose. > > There is just something about the man at the back that suggest he may > have been some sort of performer. > > thanks > > Jim > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm interested in seeing if anyone can identify the chap at the back in the photograph here http://www.maddison.demon.co.uk/small.jpg The man on the right is my grandfather who died in 1942. The North East connection is that my grandfather is South Shields born and bred. I've no idea who the man at the left is but both he and my grandfather look as if they are pleased to be in this pose. There is just something about the man at the back that suggest he may have been some sort of performer. thanks Jim

Hello all I'm researching John WALTON, Bn.c1843 Appletreeshield, West Allendale. John was the son of John WALTON & Mary MARTIN. I haven't been able to find his marriage to Sarah PEARSON. On the 1871 Census Sarah PEARSON is shown with her brothers Edward and Robert and her two daughters Hannah PEARSON bn.1868 & Mary Jane PEARSON bn.1871. 1871 Census RG10 Piece 5151 Fol.12 page 18. for Acomb, Northumberland. I have the birth certificate for John WALTON/Sarah's youngest child Frances Isabell WALTON, bn. 1885 Acomb, which shows her mother's maiden name was PEARSON. Is anyone reseaching this family/can help please? Carmel

Hi Bruce, I must have seen you in the North Road in those days. My sister June was a year younger than you and I was born in 1952. We lived at 29 North Rd and overlooked the end of Jackson Avenue..We used to go along to Charlie Hardman's shop to get our sweets in Jackson Ave. My grandma and great aunt lived at number 9 North Road opposite the school and Mr Healey the dentist (where my step mum was the receptionist). I too started school in 1956 at the old school next to St Mary's Church. I remember queueing up in the Headmasters office there for our polio injections.. I then went up to the Junior school and I was in Mrs Wingate's class in year 4 and we went on a trip to Holy Island as she used to live there-her son taught the B class. In year 5 I was in Mr Charlton's class and in year 6 I was in Mr Ridley's class.After that I went to Wallbottle Grammar school. I too remember the slides all the way down the Junior school yard to the iron railings in the winter and the big kids hurtling down as I walked back home from the Infants school. My uncle Syd Robinson and my Dad had Bell Villa Garage. They modernised it in 1960 or so and we went to live there above the shop after my mum died. My step mum now lives just near there and there is a Sainsburys on the site now. Yeah I too played all around the village and in the churchyard. We liked the river and used to fish and plodge in it in the summer. I fell in 4 times one afternoon.. Did you ever cross the river on the stepping stones at the back of The Cloggs or cross the river on those black pipes that you could sit on and shuffle across on. They were a long way up above the river. Health and Safety didnn't even feature in our lives then. In November we used to buy fireworks and matches aged about 9 and go up the raliway line and set them all off. We held the bangers in our fingers, lit them and let them fizz before chucking them down. We used to buy Indian Lights that were like coloured matches.. and of course we climbed trees and lit fires. As I said it was a good place to grow up and it's a miracle that we did when I think back to what we got up to.. In 1962 Dad married again and we went to live in Darras Hall-- I never liked it as much as the village. I saw that the school is up for redevelopment when I was up north in October.I still visit regularly from Cambridge as I still have family there..Yours John _________________________________________________________________ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/