dmlawson wrote: > In the 1911 Census I have a relative and family living whose address > is given as Elmfield House, Rowlands Gill. So far I have stablished > this is the Winlaton area and whilst the name Elmfield appears quite > common I canot find the house or what it was.There wouldn't have been > much money around and I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a lodging > house. David Elmfield House is on West Avenue in the village of Rowlands Gill. It is one of 12 semi-detached houses on West Avenue, but I don't know which one because the houses now have numbers 1-12 rather than names and have done so for at least 60 years. The little estate where West Avenue is situated is known locally as "The Villas" and it was built about the turn of the century to house workers at nearby Whinfield Coke Works. For some years the street was known as "High West Avenue" (to better distinguish it from the adjacent and less desirable "Low West Avenue") but it reverted to the original "West Avenue" in the mid 1970s. The houses on West Avenue are quite substantial 3-bedroom semis - here's a picture of no 12 (they all pretty much the same). http://www.globrix.com/property/buy/ne39/west-avenue Just one more point - it seems that all the houses on West Avenue had names ending "leigh" - Elmleigh, Kenleigh, Thornleigh, Briar Leigh etc. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer