A few weeks ago I indicated that I was trying to trace the footprints of my County Roscommon ancestors, who finished up on Teesside during the late 1850s; however, before arriving on Teesside they were in Northumberland for a few years, one at Embleton and his two brothers at Alnwick. I¹ve discovered that one of them, Patrick Cox, was living at ³Pottergate Street², Alnwick in 1856, when his eight day old daughter died. I¹ve been able to locate Pottergate, does anyone know if Pottergate was ever referred to as Pottergate Street? Also, a Northumberland Extensive Urban Survey: Mid 19th century to 20th century, makes the following observation in relation to Alnwick: ³overcrowded houses with large middens attached to privies; an absence of adequate waste removal; and houses divided into single room tenements and lodgings - highlighted as particularly unhealthy. Cholera cases, he noted, were more frequent in the Œhigh parts of the town¹, where the houses were most crowded and in the most filthy condition². I¹m not familiar with Alnwick, but presume that by higher parts of town, the report is referring to Œhigher¹ in the geographically elevated sense and that Alnwick Castle would occupy the elevated higher part of town. From a map of Alnwick, Pottergate does not seem far from the Castle. Perhaps I¹m wrong and higher has a more historical meaning, i.e. more important, or historical business area as in High Street. I would welcome any observations. Regards Andrew Wood