Delavel, Dalavel, Northumberland

[lisingreece]

Thank you so much Alan, it's so useful to be able to find the mother's maiden name before 1911!!!
And yes Studholm is a great name to follow and have just been filling out the family members where I can.
back to GRO to research more.
Again thank you so much for your help
Lis

[WolfieSmith]

On a modern map of Newcastle, Delaval Road that runs down from Armstrong Road was the eastern end of the Lower Delaval Housing Estate, now all pulled down. On the old maps it looks like it was the western end of Delaval Farm.  This is where the Benwell Delaval Pit was located. Its about a mile from the Scotswood Bridge. The Lawsons were at Addison Pit Village  in 1871, other side of Blaydon, about a couple of miles west of the Scotswood Bridge.

Alan.

[JenB]

On a modern map of Newcastle, Delaval Road that runs down from Armstrong Road was the eastern end of the Lower Delaval Housing Estate, now all pulled down. On the old maps it looks like it was the western end of Delaval Farm.  This is where the Benwell Delaval Pit was located. Its about a mile from the Scotswood Bridge. The Lawsons were at Addison Pit Village  in 1871, other side of Blaydon, about a couple of miles west of the Scotswood Bridge.

You can see Benwell, and Delaval Farm and colliery on this map of Railways and Waggonways in Northumberland.
They are on the left-hand side of the map, just north of the River Tyne.

https://sites.google.com/site/waggonways/nz/20/nz2065

There was a Delaval Estate in Scotswood, Delaval Benwell Colliery was there.

Here is it - just along the River from 'Paradise' 
http://maps.nls.uk/view/101027568#zoom=4&lat=1785&lon=4925&layers=BT

[lisingreece]

Thank you Alan and JenB, these maps have opened up my understanding of this area and indeed the pits in this area. I have so much info to take to my friend now.
The maps JenB are wonderful.
Thank you so much
Lis

[Jennieie]

Seaton Deleval, just up the road from me.

It is a coastal Village, next to Seghill.

[JenB]

Seaton Deleval, just up the road from me.

It is a coastal Village, next to Seghill.

Hi Jennieie 

If you read 'Wolfie Smith's' analysis in replies #15. #17 and #19 and take a look at the maps I linked to in reply #20 you'll see that in this case it's highly likely that the place in question wasn't Seaton Delaval, as one might expect, but a small setttlement on the River Tyne to the west of Newcastle (just to the east of Scotswood Bridge) which was also (confusingly) called Delaval.