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Durham / Re: Anyone got knowledge of Claypath, Durham?
« on: Friday 27 November 09 15:29 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: hippie on Friday 27 November 09 13:32 GMT (UK)
:Hello,
Perhaps I can help.
I was born at 13 Claypath 1947, my entire family lived there.
It was a tenement property and also had rooms on the first floor up above a clothes shop (Billy Bowey). The rooms were built arouun a square courtyard and it was commonly called "the yard", the rooms were without hot water and eveything wa cooked on an open fire.
The tax office is now sited at 13 Claypath (or it was the last time I visited
hippieyankie

Wow what a coincidence.  My Dad was born in 1922 and although he was born in Tudhoe it was only because his Mum had 'gone home' to have her first baby.  His parents were actually living in 13 Claypath at that time though they moved very soon after to number 38.  Previous generations had been in number 13 from around 1881.  I really thought No 13 had gone so now that you tell me you think its the tax office I will have to go and have another look.
Thank you for your insights into what it was like.  It's amazing how relatively prinitive things still were in 1947 - cooking on an open fire?  :o

Susan

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Durham / Re: Anyone got knowledge of Claypath, Durham?
« on: Thursday 26 November 09 15:20 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Adam

Thanks for that.  I do have quite a lot of info on the Cramptons in Durham but I'm always happy to get more as they are almost all related.  I'll PM you with my e-mail address and will be most grateful for anything that you are happy to share.

Thanks again

Susan

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Durham / Re: Anyone got knowledge of Claypath, Durham?
« on: Thursday 26 November 09 13:36 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Gadget (got your PM too)
I know families did pack into small spaces but it did seem an awful lot to pack into 3 rooms!  :o

I'm thinking that they must have been quite large buildings separated into smaller dwellings. A lot of my various Crampton families lived in that area.  Even seeming to swap dwellings sometimes. It's time I did some local history research.  I'm going to do some searching and see if I can come up with some old photos.

Thanks for your time  ;)

Susan

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Durham / Re: Anyone got knowledge of Claypath, Durham?
« on: Thursday 26 November 09 12:50 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for your reply Gadget. 

I should have been a bit more specific I think, as I do know what Claypath is like now and have visited it.  My Dad spent his childhood there in the 20's-30's but unfortunately (as is always the case in family history) I never asked him about it while he was alive.
I think the part where No 13 was is where the 'new' library is now and was probably gone long before that with the building of the road across the river.

What I was really after was an idea of what the premises were like in the early part of last century because I'm a bit confused by the way the 1911 census is presented.  I can't tell if all my separate Crampton families are all piled into the same three rooms or if each separate page represents 3 rooms. (Does that make sense?)

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

Susan

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Durham / Anyone got knowledge of Claypath, Durham?
« on: Thursday 26 November 09 10:08 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I have been doing some searching on the 1911 census for my Crampton family.  I have found Margaret with three of her unmarried children in 13 Claypath, Durham.  A further 2 of her children who are married also live at 13 Claypath with their familes.  They appear on separate sheets on the census so not all in the same 'household'.

My question is what kind of property would 13 Clapath have been?  On each separate census entry it states that the family has 3 rooms.  Does this mean that each family had three rooms in a large building? 

I'd be glad of any suggestions

Thanks in advance

Susan

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: what name
« on: Wednesday 25 November 09 17:25 GMT (UK)  »
Looks like Sylvia to me

52
Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Thomas Sneaton/Sneton
« on: Tuesday 24 November 09 21:02 GMT (UK)  »
I'll let you know what I find.  It won't be in the next couple of weeks though.   :D

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Thomas Sneaton/Sneton
« on: Tuesday 24 November 09 20:05 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for that Ann.

This thread has renewed my interest in this line so I've spent an hour or two going over what I know and I've discovered that I know a little more about Wiliam than I thought I did because I have his burial.
He was buried in Whitby 13 May 1819 aged 76 which would put his birth at around 1743.  His wife Miriam was buried 7 January 1818 aged 72.

The IGI has a baptism in Loftus in 1743, 21 May, son of John Sneaton.  Obviously this could be my William!  I'd like to see the original Parish Records to see if it gives any further information.

I think I feel a visit to the archives coming on.

 ;) Susan

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Profession on 1841 census
« on: Monday 23 November 09 18:43 GMT (UK)  »
I'd agree with that - Farmer.  It just looks odd initially because the word has been 'struck through'

Susan

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