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  1. Helen Symonds says:

    January 23rd, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    Fantastic photos – brought a little tear to my eye to see Barningham in all it’s (her?) nostalgic glory! Keep up the good work! Helen

  2. Jon says:

    January 24th, 2010 at 12:12 am

    If you’ve visited this site, please
    leave a message so we know it’s working!

  3. Jackie says:

    March 18th, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    THIS is a long shot, but I’m doing my family history and wonder if anyone can help.
    My grandmother was Hannah Bell, I think she may have been a maid. Her daughter Mary Bell, my mum, was born in 1921 and adopted as a child by Mr and Mrs Pearson who lived at Newsham House. I have a picture of her outside the house aged about eight and I believe she went to Dalton school.
    She had a child and later moved to The Nook (which I think has since changed its name). She later moved to South Wales UK in 1951/1952 and got married.
    A couple of years ago I came up and stayed in Barningham and went to see Sir Anthony Milbank who confirmed that Newsham House belongs to them.
    While I was there I went to the house and a very kind lady who lived there was good enough to show me and my friend her home (I was bowled over by her kindness) and was very grateful.
    She thought the house was used during the First World War by the Army as their HQ but I have not been able to get any information on this.
    Any information about Mary or Newsham House would be much appreciated
    JACKIE GOODE
    jgoode26@googlemail.com

  4. graham syres says:

    March 22nd, 2010 at 11:58 am

    I am compiling my family history of the Scargills (of scargill castle).Does any one have any information that may be of help.It would be much appreciated,regards,Graham.

  5. Helen Symonds says:

    March 29th, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    Just received Archive 6 – next time I venture to the Milbank Arms I’ll be sure to hurry over my pint! 11 children in Heather Cottage?!?! Wonderful stuff! Thanks! Helen

  6. andrew grimston says:

    April 1st, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    Great site. found it through the flyer. think iam going to join the squash ladder. Great old photos, i will send you an old sales flyer for the post office, from 1800′s

    Andrew & Melanie Post Cottage

  7. Phil Heys says:

    May 14th, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    Anyone else interested in the squash ladder please let me know.

  8. ann orton says:

    July 15th, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    Has anyone out there got any information about the Old Wesleyan Chapel or any old photographs? Please email me or ring on 01833 621024 many thanks

  9. Geoffrey White says:

    January 27th, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    I’m trying to find information on my ggg-gm Margaret Monkhouse nee Coates, who lived at Spanham. Jonathan & Margaret married at K Ravensworth 1790; I’ve traced his origin in Eggleston, but she claimed to be born in Barningham about 1770. There were 2 Mary Coates baptized around that time: 1770 in Kirkby & 1771 in Bowes: could either of them be misreadings of Margt, perhaps?
    Thanks to Jon for his help so far.

    Geoffrey.

  10. Kevin Johnson says:

    February 17th, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    A long shot, but I wonder if anyone has any information about my ancestor, William Johnson, who held land in Newsham and Hudswell (according to tithe, land tax and enclosure records) from about 1770 to 1812. His children were all born in Hudswell between 1774 and 1786, but in the Hudswell enclosure awards of 1812 he is recorded as William Johnson Esquire of Newsham. I can’t find his birth (1750s/1760s?), or his marriage to Mary (1770ish?). Has anyone come across him, or any Johnsons in Newsham in the eighteenth century, and if so I should be very grateful if you would point me in the right direction.

    Thanks

    Kevin Johnson
    Bury St Edmunds
    Suffolk

  11. Claire Sinclair says:

    April 22nd, 2011 at 1:01 am

    I am trying to get in touch with the above Kevin Johnson if he lives near the hospital in Bury St Edmunds. kevin used to work for a school called The albany Centre and I am trying to reconnect with him.
    If I have the right person please can you get in touch with me at clairemcnaughton@googlemail.com thank you.

  12. Dene James says:

    August 16th, 2011 at 10:32 am

    Interesting site that you have here. I am interested in the Cockfield family who were in Barningham from about 1810 to Philip Cockfield who died there on the 7th June 1839 aged 61. I guess that he is buried at Barningham. He is believed to have been born at Hipswell. His daughter Ann Coates nee Cockfield was present at the death. His youngest daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Alice and Tamar were all born at Barningham from 1813 to about 1823. Philip was a labourer and married Dorothy Storrow/Stonah at Marske in 1804. Ann and her husband John Coates of Reeth then moved to Tow Law where they lived in the High Street and John had a tailoring business and Ann a grocery store. I have a photo of Ann. Thank you. Dene James

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