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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Durham => Topic started by: lawra on Saturday 19 August 06 14:41 BST (UK)
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Hi having a big reasearch session! looking at a photograph of a family member who had his name above the pub of "the albion"- "Jacob King". Can some one please get me a image of the pub as it is now? Apparently it still exists. Or does anyone know how we could find out details on the pub and of when he owned it?
Laura
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thought i'd give this a lil bump. does anyone know whereabout i mean? (i dont even know where it is!) but then again i'm not from up there.
Lawra
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Hi
The Albion pub on Yarm Rd is still there I pass it most days when in Darlington. Next time I pass I will note the brewery and then you might be able to get its history.
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Hi Laura
As promised I found out a bit about The Albion. The brewery that supplies it is Federation Brewery, their address is Lancaster Rd, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9JR. The address of The Albion is 16 Yarm Rd, Darlington, DL1 1XH. It is situated at the junction of Yarm Rd and St Johns Crescent. If you put the postcode into Streetmap.co.uk it will show you the location. There is also a photograph of the pub at www.btinternet.com/~duffnort/DAFT2.index.html. Happy hunting
John
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i tried the link but it wouldnt do anything just asked for yahoo/ btinternet username and email. then did nothing
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Hi Lawra
I also found the site (independently) listed by saltscar. Try googling DAFTS Darlo or as I did Albion pub yarm road and it is the third site listed.
Regards
Andy
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Thanks Andy, you beat me to it.
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Laura. I stumbled across this admittedly very old post whilst rummaging around. If we have been in touch before my apologies, but I am Jacob King's great nephew and have a couple of very bad scans of him outside his pub which came from another relative researching the family. Are you in touch with Lynn C a direct descendant who is researching her side of the family?? I have been researching the Kings for many years and can let you see the family tree on Ancestry if you haven't seen it already. I am seeing my aunt soon (aged 95) who thinks she has an original portrait of him.
Brad
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Hi Brad,
I was in contact years ago with Lynn C (my Nan knew knew her June Packard, nee Cruickshank) and I have some letters she wrote to me about the family tree(I was about 15-18 years old) and though still actively search a few times a year now, didn’t fully appreciate all the research I received back then! So any help would be great. quote author=Brad K link=topic=177093.msg6430580#msg6430580 date=1518343956]
Laura. I stumbled across this admittedly very old post whilst rummaging around. If we have been in touch before my apologies, but I am Jacob King's great nephew and have a couple of very bad scans of him outside his pub which came from another relative researching the family. Are you in touch with Lynn C a direct descendant who is researching her side of the family?? I have been researching the Kings for many years and can let you see the family tree on Ancestry if you haven't seen it already. I am seeing my aunt soon (aged 95) who thinks she has an original portrait of him.
Brad
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Hi Laura. Sorry for taking so long to reply, but I lost your post! Anyway I'm going to try and attach the pictures here. Contact me on Ancestry. My name is bradlinking . We can chat more there and I can open up the tree for you to plunder and explain about these pictures. I'm going to see my aunt in a couple of weeks and she has a better copy of a picture of JK> See you!
Brad
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Hi Laura, I stumbled across your post while browsing the forum, you might be interested to know that my cousin Michael is Jacob Kings grandson. He tells me he still has Jacobs walking stick engraved with his name! If you would like anymore details please let me know
Regards Frank