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Northumberland / Re: Slater - Gosforth
« on: Sunday 22 January 06 18:49 GMT (UK)  »
This may not be a lot of help to you, but in 1936 a J Slater, foreman, lived at 14 Oaklands.  He must have been reasonable well off or on call for his workplace as he had a telephone (51959).

Richard

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Northumberland / Re: land
« on: Saturday 10 December 05 20:55 GMT (UK)  »
Michael

In 1790, Isaac Richardson built a large tannery on the site in Newgate Street.  His sons John & Edward inherited the works.  The works suffered a major fire in 1863.  A new works was opened in Elswick that year which survived for over 100 years.  I assume the Newgate Street works was shut at that time.

The Richardsons were originally farmers in N Yorkshire and went into tanning after a poor harvest.  They are supposed to have had the concession to supply Cromwell's army in the 17th century.  The family reached Tyneside mid18th century and set up at North Shields, before moving to Pilgrim's Gate, Newcastle and then Newgate St.

Richard

30
Northumberland / Re: Glass House Street, Byker
« on: Friday 02 December 05 20:05 GMT (UK)  »
Judy

The Maling business was started in Sunderland around 1760 and moved to Byker in the 1810's.  It was originally called Ford but traded under the name of C.T. Maling.  I don't know why they moved.  Ford I believe was his wife's maiden name.
They had two sites in Byker although I think one was a much later addition.  One building at least still exists and is, I believe, being used as a small business centre.

Another pottery (Woods) existed on the south side of Stepney Bank.  The buildings can still be seen nestling almost underneath Byker Bridge.

Richard

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Northumberland / Re: Glass House Street, Byker
« on: Friday 02 December 05 16:45 GMT (UK)  »
Apart from the St Peter's Pottery, don't forget the world famous Maling factory that was there from 1813 to the late 1950's.  There were a number of other potteries in area.

Richard

32
Northumberland / Re: Stark/Watts/Mummery - North Shields/ Scotland
« on: Tuesday 06 September 05 19:55 BST (UK)  »
The name Mummery is a bit thin on the ground in North Shields, but they can all be traced to two brothers.

The original Peter Watts Mummery I have was born 1805 in Dover.   He had a son by the same name christened 20 July 1834 in Southwold, Suffolk.
This one married an Elizabeth Nesham on 8 Feb 1859 at Christ Church, Tynemouth.  Elizabeth is part of my line.  This Peter also had a brother James who married Elizabeth's sister Alice Ann.  Peter was probably a mariner and died sometime between 1863 and 1871.  Elizabeth remarried.
They had two children Thomas Mummery and an Ann Robson Mummery.  I knew that Ann married a John in the March quarter of 1885 at Tynemouth.  I did not know his name although I have just seen a comment that he was probably John Starks.  This note also said born 1859 and in Newcastle.

I'm not sure where the Robson name comes from but suspect that it is Elizabeth's maternal grandmother.

Richard

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Help Ouseburn Newcastle 1841 Census
« on: Tuesday 06 September 05 16:52 BST (UK)  »
I don't know about Durham, but there are at least copies in the Tyne & Wear Archives in Newcastle.  The Church themselves do not have the originals.

Richard

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Help Ouseburn Newcastle 1841 Census
« on: Sunday 04 September 05 16:03 BST (UK)  »
Don't discount the non conformist churches as well.  I have folks who were living in the Ouseburn area who had their children christened at the Wesleyan Orphan House which was the forerunner of Brunswick Methodist Church.
Registers for bothe before and after the change (1820) are in the Tyne and Wear archives.

Richard

35
Northumberland / Re: Chilton Family History.
« on: Saturday 27 August 05 15:44 BST (UK)  »
June
Could you give some names please.  A group of Chilton's from Newburn are semi related to my wife's line.  A Hannah Jane Clark marries into her line to a William Stephen Watson in 1897.  However, she had previously been married to an Edward Chilton born 1870 at Lemington.  He was the son of William Chilton and Elizabeth Potter who were both born at Newburn.

Richard

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Aberdeenshire / Re: High street New Pitsligo/Lace making
« on: Saturday 23 April 05 22:22 BST (UK)  »
High Street, New Pitsligo is the main road passing through the village.  Most of the buildings at the eastern end look original.  105 I think is probably more to the west.  From memory (it is a couple of years since I was there) the same applies to the western end but I think there may be a few more more modern houses.  As it was built on the side of quite a steep hill, the name is exactly what it says.  Low Street is further down the hill.  The old houses in School Street have been largely demolished and rebuilt relatively recently.

As far as lace making goes, this was a major centre and it was carried out largely in people's own homes.

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