Born in this parish:

Blaydon

Hannah ARMSTRONG, 1893

Jane Davison ARMSTRONG, 1901

Winifred ARMSTRONG, 1895

George BALDWIN, 1875

Jane BALDWIN, 1878

Thomas BALDWIN, 1871

Robert CAISLEY, Abt 1847

Ann CAMERON, 1892

Thomas EGLON, 1885

Edward Robert FENDER, 1863

Mary Hannah GRANT, Abt 1899

Isabella Collingwood GRAY, 1911

John HEPPLE, Abt 1828

Thomas William HILLS, 1876

Margery Ann JOHNSON, 1851

Mary JOHNSON, Abt 1854

Thomason PESCOD, 1842

John WARKMAN, 1876

The Harker Family:

Elizabeth HARKER, 1890

George William HARKER, 1892

Joseph HARKER, 1899

Margaret Jane HARKER, 1897

Thomas HARKER, 1895

The Robson Family:

John William ROBSON, 1861

Joseph Collingwood ROBSON, 1864

Margaret ROBSON, 1863

Sarah Jane ROBSON, 1866

What began as a few farms is now a town through the growth of mining and the coal trade in the 1800s.

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