Pamela It could be Bedlington Northumberland which was in Co Durham in the years you mention Fen Gales ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Robson" <pamela@robson-dixon.com> To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:15 AM Subject: [NMB] Location of Beckington > Dear List, > > > > Has anyone any idea where Beckington, Durham was/is? > > > > I am searching a family living at Amble, Northumberland. They are David > Hall (born Pateley Bridge, Yorks about 1805) and his wife Ann (born East > Witton, Yorks about 1807). > > > > I am endeavouring to establish Ann's maiden name and am hoping that I'll > be > able to do this via one of their children's birth registrations. > > > > I have been in touch with Woodhorn and North Yorks records offices and > there > are no records of marriages for the couple in Northumberland, Durham, > Pateley Bridge or East Witton. > > > > In the 1841 and 1851 censuses the family is at Warkworth, Amble. In 1851, > the two oldest children listed David and Mary, are recorded as having been > born at Beckington, Durham. (In the 1841 census there is an older son, > John, > born about 1831, which suggests the couple married in the late 1820s/1830. > > > > They have with them a family friend, Mary Bow born 1801, Gateshead. Could > Beckington be somewhere in Gateshead? > > > > Any thoughts on any of this would be hugely welcome. > > > > > > > > Pamela > > > > > > > > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.14.2/2408 - Release Date: 10/01/09 18:23:00