Shoulder Mutton Yard, Stockton

[Lydart]

Thanks George ... there are some wonderful pictures on that site.   I must pay a visit to Stockton, obviously ... can you give me any info about where I'd find a record office which would cover that area ? 

I could then maybe find BMD records, parish records, etc and see if I can go any further backwards in the Law family ...

[miagre1]

Hi Lydart,

Teesside Archives  in Middlesbrough cover Holy Trinity in Stockton.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01vm/ 

Exchange House, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough, TS1 1DB

Tel : 01642 248321

Fax : 01642 248391

e-mail : teesside_archivesATmiddlesbrough.gov.uk

Plenty of parking and places to eat nearby.

The archives are about 200 yards from the railway station.

George

[IrishBoo]

Hi

I've just stumbled upon this site and in particular this post while trying to find info on Shoulder of Mutton Yard too.

My family were Irish immigrants and lived in 2 parts of Stockton.  Some in Hambletonian Yard and some in Shoulder of Mutton Yard.  Hambletonian's easy; it's still shown on the map.  Shoulder of Mutton isn't.... but I strongly suspect it's the yard now called Exchange Yard.

My reasons are... on a map I photocopied from Stockton Library, there is a note on which says "Exchange Yard / Shoulder of Mutton Yard".  The "/" is shown.  I've discovered that the George Pub (so called today) used to be called the Royal Exchange, which used to be called the Shoulder of Mutton public house.  I think the Yard name changed from Shoulder of Mutton - to reflect that wee pub, to Exchange Yard, to reflect the Royal Exchange (which I remember).

Exchange Yard is on the other side of Ramsgate from the other 3 yards.... Hambletonian, Ship and Blue Post.  It's indicated by the words "Exchange Yard" imprinted in the pavement. 

Links below:
http://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/the-wimpole-c1983/

http://www.rediscoverstockton.co.uk/shopping/the-yards/

Interesting stuff!

Boo x

[TrishTeague]

Hi,

This is for Sillgen.
I don't suppose your ancestors surname was Tague, Taigue or Teague was it?

The story about the drunken antics sounds very similar to my Gt Gt Grandmother and her son.

Kind regards

Trish

[sillgen]

Hi and welcome,
Sorry.   No connection with that name.  It seems they were a drunken lot in Middlesbrough at that time!  Life must have been very hard for some families.