Thanks for your help Margaret. Regards Allan ________________________________ From: KEN WHITE <kenmar.white@btopenworld.com> To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 2:52:53 PM Subject: Re: [NMB] Bywell Hi Allan Bywell used to be a sizeable town big enough to support the two churches which can be seen today, the Lord of the mannor decided that he did not want a village so near his hall and decided to have some of the houses pulled down, this and the fact that there was a great flood in 1771 when there were ten houses lost and the other tenants were transferred to the Stocksfield side, which was also owned by Mr Beaumont resulted in the very small village we see today, the Market Cross still stands beside the two churches. The old village was divided into several parishes including Newton, and contained  handcraftsmen whose trade was in ironwork for the horseman of the county making bits, stirrups, buckles etc, so very much involved with the border reivers.  My Charlton family came from the Bywell area and looking at your name of Robson they would probably have been from those parts too, my Charltons migrated slowly down the tyne to North Shields, they also worked in Middlesbrough in the foundries in the mid 1800's. Hope this is of help to you. Marg re--- On Wed, 30/9/09, Allan Robson <allandrobson@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: Allan Robson <allandrobson@btinternet.com> > Subject: [NMB] Bywell > To: "Northumbria Rootsweb" <northumbria@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 12:50 PM > Hello All > I have traced my Family back to Bywell from the 1700's > would anybody know what people did for work in those days? > > There is ony a couple of houses and two churches there > now. > > Thanks > Allan Robson > > > 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 > 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