I have an Archibald Brown born around 1742 who served with the Royal Navy. According to an 1804 muster he was born in Northumberland, but according to the attached Greenwich hospital admissions register he was born in what looks like 'Bishopgrey' or 'Bishopquay' Durham. The best explanation I can find is the Bishop's Quay at Blyth, Northumberland. Grateful any views on whether that's a likely explanation. Was Bishop's Quay/Blyth at any point within Co Durham's borders? Or could the written reference be to somewhere else?
Very grateful any suggestions or advice.
