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Historical documents related to Northumberland and Durham, England. Personal account is @Dave_H_King
Northumberland, England
Joined March 2019
RT @ncllibspeccoll: #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience We have a mystery in the archives?Who is this female mathematician who has a…
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@JHCPAL Nice one, well done, this one really tickles me. Someone’s third name accidentally becomes the name of a settlement which was originally built around a pit named after him. I’ll see if I have anything which might make the links to where it came from.
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Final part of today's tidy up: Working Notes for the History of Longbenton Parish: & Notes for the History of Forest Hall:
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Further to Fenwick of Northumberland, see also recently uploaded working notes on 16-17C: Fenwick of Blagdon Fenwick of Kirkharle Randall Fenwick
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@TyneSnapper @JHCPAL Can’t find any early spellings, but some might come up - in their absence I’ll place my money (maybe 50p) on the horse that says [rock] dove-nose (as in point)-point, with nose/point being a duplication/tautology not unusual in place names 🤷♂️
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RT @billy6715: The river Tyne at Newcastle c1855 by pioneering English photographer Roger Fenton (1819-1869) The original photo is held by…
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Fenwick family 16th to 19th century - if you have an interest in this family, extracts of personal names & place names from all probate records proved at Durham & London can be found at A rabbit hole that I should probably not have entered!
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Due to the ongoing IT issues at the British Library, the link below is not currently available, but this item is also on Google Books
Free online resources for Nthld & Durham research #41: A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham. By T. H. Hair. With descriptive sketches & Essay on Coal and the Coal Trade. By M. Ross. At the British Library:
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RT @robertneuk: At auction amongst a mixed lot of engravings is this one of Tynemouth Monastery (Priory) by William Byrne (1743-1805), publ…
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RT @CarolinePo75107: N.U.M banner for West Sleekburn. The work that must have gone into making these! Beautiful artefacts of our industria…
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