Maybe this description may help, Canch a. A part of a bed of stone worked by quarrying. b. Eng. Roof or floor removed to make height and side removed to make width. If above the seam, it is called a top canch; if below the seam, a bottom canch. A canch on a roadway close to the face is called a face canch; a canch on a roadway outbye is called a back canch. Also called brushing; ripping. SMRB c. The face of the roof ripping in a roadway. It follows that the canch is continually being excavated and advanced. See also: ripping face support see; http://www.webref.org/geology/c/canch.htm Chris Morgan Sheffield ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Pears" <bp@bpears.org.uk> To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 1:16 PM Subject: [NMB] Occupation? > > In 1911 a relative of mine, 33 year-old George Voyzey, was living at > 18 Arkwright Street, Bensham, Gateshead. On the census of that year > he describes himself as a "miner canch work" - can anyone please > tell me what that means? > > You can read it for yourself at > > http://www.bpears.org.uk/temp/occ2.jpg > > or see it in context on RG14/30485 RD557 SD2 ED75 SN171 > > 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 >
On 20/03/2010 13:22, Christopher Morgan wrote: > a. A part of a bed of stone worked by quarrying. > b. Eng. Roof or floor removed to make height and side removed to make width. > If above the seam, it is called a top canch; if below the seam, a bottom > canch. A canch on a roadway close to the face is called a face canch; a > canch on a roadway outbye is called a back canch. Also called brushing; > ripping. SMRB > c. The face of the roof ripping in a roadway. It follows that the canch is > continually being excavated and advanced. See also: ripping face support Chris Many thanks. I've never heard the term in connection with coal mining but it makes perfect sense. All mines had underground roadways for access to distant workings, so they would have needed men to cut them and extend them. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer