Wark "something" - farm near Simonburn

[hatofthecat]

I have this 1804 baptism entry from Simonburn.  What I can't quite make out is the place they are from.  Is I think Wark-something but what    Most likely a farmstead as the father George Dodd was a husbandman, he moved about quite a bit in the district over the years (Fenwick Shield, Anick Grange, Sweethope, Kirkheaton, Hallington, Ingoe..)

There are quite a few place names starting with Wark around the village of Wark (3 miles N of Simonburn) but none seem to fit, any ideas appreciated.

[JenB]

Looks like Eals to me 

[josey]

Yes, does look like Eals but there is a down & upstroke after Wark ....could it be an 'R'? The 'E' of Elizabeth isn't quite the same. Is there a capital R on the page in the same hand?

[Tickettyboo]

I'd go for Eals too

This page on the web suggests its used elsewhere in Simonburn Registers
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~juliet22/jsevans.reg.simon.html

Boo

[JenB]

Northumberland Farm Index has an entry for 'Eels' in Simonburn.

[hatofthecat]

Thanks all, I think Wark Eals is right 

There is a reference to it being "the estate of Wark Eals in the parish of Simunburn" in this book http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Thomas_Bates_and_the_Kirklevington_Shorthorns_a_Contribution_to_the_1000757816/201

Just need to pin it down on a map now 

Pete

[Flattybasher9]

From Thomas Bates, stock breeder :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bates_%28stockbreeder%29

"became tenant of his father's small estate of Wark Eals, on North Tyne."

Regards

Malky

[JenB]

There are quite a few references to Wark Eals here https://archive.org/stream/thomasbatesandk00bategoog/thomasbatesandk00bategoog_djvu.txt which might help you home in on the location.

[josey]

Try some of the maps here too
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=13&lat=55.0870&lon=-2.2226&layers=39&point=0,0


ADDED: On JenB's link I found this:
There was on the Wark Eals estate an open pasture of 200 acres which had formed part of Broadpool Common.