Help please Dixon - Raby, Sunderland

[geniedi]

I'm trying to help a friend with a Dixon ancestor.

She has been given a Joseph Dixon b.c.1800 Raby, Sunderland.

This is the area we have come to after discovering several Sunderlands!!

Can anyone help with parish records etc., for this area or to confirm this is the right Sunderland.

Thanks very much for any help.

Diane

[Little Nell]

Looking at the parish atlas, I think that Raby is in the parish of Holm Cultram, while Sunderland is about 6 miles to the south, possibly in the parish of Isel.  Both are quite small places by the looks of things (sorry Raby and Sunderland if I do you an injustice). The record office in Carlisle may well be able to give you better advice:

Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle
The Castle
Carlisle
CA3 8UR
Tel:01228 607285/607284
Fax:01228 707274
Email:carlisle.record.office AT cumbriacc.gov.uk

Nell

[geniedi]

Hi Nell,

Thanks very much for that.

This Joseph, if he's hers, ended up on London, so a breakthrough would be wonderful.

Cheers Diane