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Re: I think this says Knaggs Head?
« Reply #18 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:22 BST (UK) »
That looks like a good match as West Rainton is half way between Houghton and *West Rainton.  We lived in that area when we were first married  ;D

* I meant Durham. Had an interruption  :-X
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Re: I think this says Knaggs Head?
« Reply #19 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:23 BST (UK) »
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Picture of Nags Head, Houghton-le-Spring here:

http://www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/pubs/

That's the later one in Newbottle Street.  The one listed in the 1827 directory was in the High Street.
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Re: I think this says Knaggs Head?
« Reply #20 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:25 BST (UK) »
Wow! You people are amazing and so incredibly helpful! Thank you for the fantastic help and all the extra detail!

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Re: I think this says Knaggs Head?
« Reply #21 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:26 BST (UK) »
Have you seen this insolvency notice from 1834?

"Thomas Dial, formerly of West Rainton, and later of Pittington, both in the County of Durham, Pitman"

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19167/page/1207
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Re: I think this says Knaggs Head?
« Reply #22 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:27 BST (UK) »
Peter, do you have Mary in any censuses, and if so what is her place of birth, please?
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« Reply #23 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:39 BST (UK) »
Sorry Jen, but I don't have any census information for that branch of the family.

Shaun, you might have answered a question in the back of my mind. Thomas's wife, Margaret, died in 1837 and Mary died in the poorhouse in 1843 aged 22 years. The record for Mary's burial is in the Bishops' Transcripts for Tynemouth on page 253 and I only found it yesterday while looking for other Dials. I immediately. wondered how it could have transpired that a young woman could have would up in the poorhouse. There is no GRO record of her having given birth, so I assumed that some other very tragic set of circumstances caused her to die in the poorhouse. Perhaps the family disintegrated after Margaret's death? Thomas having been declared insolvent would have been a huge blow. Perhaps he was injured and unable to work? We will never know. Thanks again for that information!

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Re: I think this says Knaggs Head?
« Reply #24 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:40 BST (UK) »
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Picture of Nags Head, Houghton-le-Spring here:

http://www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/pubs/

That's the later one in Newbottle Street.  The one listed in the 1827 directory was in the High Street.

Whoops! Thanks for clarifying...Shaun
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Re: I think this says Knaggs Head?
« Reply #25 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:47 BST (UK) »
The insolvency document lists Thomas's abode as Pittington, in Durham. There was a coal mine there (opened in 1820 according to Durham Mining Museum records), so I suspect it's is reasonable to assume that Thomas was still capable of working.

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Re: I think this says Knaggs Head?
« Reply #26 on: Monday 27 June 22 11:49 BST (UK) »
Just did a scan of the insolvency page Shaun posted and there are 19 pitmen listed therein!