Having had another look this morning, I think I must have been asleep yesterday, because I find that Sedgefield had ORD(E) baptisms aplenty in the 1600's - just not an Ann. There were also some HOURD earlier, so I am sure that Pat and Heather were on the right track, thank you. Adrian On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Pat Pierpoint <[email protected]> wrote: > Your are so right, Heather. A child in my JOHNSON family appears in the > Bellingham baptism register as Alexander CORK Johnson instead of Alexander > KIRK Johnson for the same reason! > > Cheers > Pat >> Hi Adrian >> With a Geordie accent HIRD and HURD could be pronounced HORD >> >> Heather