Hello
my great grandmother margeret was born in mechanics cottages, walsingham, tow law in 1852 the daughter of mary and michael fallon from ireland. in 1851 census the family's address was still 18 mechanics cottages but the form states weardale. father michael was an ironworks labourer. is it possible to obtain a picture of mechanics cottages (are they still there?) or of the iron works where michael was likely to work. i don't suppose any family connections are still there.
my great grandmothers family had moved to cumberland but they had four children while living in durham would appreciate any help and obviously i am more than willing to pay any costs
thank you
philip terry

philipterry@tiscali.co.uk
Good evening all,

I'm looking for information on a work colleague, his name is Eric Saddler, he was a Joiner and lived in Tow Law in 1970/71/72, he also had a friend, also a Joiner, who lived at Esh Winning, his name was Ivan Hall, we all worked together at Newton Aycliffe, and then at Fencehouses, with Taylor Woodrow, our Foreman on both sites was Herbie Gray, or Grey, I'd be very much obliged for any information on all three, and possibly their whereabouts today.

Many thanks

francati@btinternet.com
Hi
I am seeking information of the whereabouts of the Duggan sisters who used to live at 21 Railway Street also Joan Hudson who used to live at 21 Atlee Estate.

jmd@macnexus.org
HI,
My name is Malcolm Steward and live in Santa Barbara California U.S.A. I have recently found out that my grandmother was born in Tow Law in 1871, her name was Amelia Heseltine, her father and mother was William@ Isabella Heseltine in the 1871 cenus his address was 54 High St and worked as Woollen @ Linen Draper. Later cenus 1891 had him as a farmer Wearview.
My Great Grandmothers maiden name was Harle born 1840 in Chester-Le-Street. My Grandmother Amelia went to Bridlington age 19 to work as an drapers asst and married my grandfather Thomas Charlton Tait and lived in Seaton Delaval Children William Isabella Heseltine
Amelia 1871
Isabella 1869 Married to Robert French
Henry 1867
Jane 1866
William 1862
Margaret Mary C. 1880
Thomas 1873.

I would love to hear from anybody who might know or be related to my family,or any history of Tow Law.

Hopefully Malcolm Steward

pegsparkle@cox.net
hi
i am trying to find out about my great grandmother and her family. all i know is she was called elizabeth jane proud born 1903 towlaw.

regards tara

TaraWheatley10@aol.com
I'm looking into the family history of the Boal family. My great grandfather was Alexander Boal, greengrocer and general dealer. His 9 children were all born in Tow Law and appear on the 1901 census. My grandfather, William, had the shop in Castle Bank that was recently a butcher's (and may still be - it's some years since I visited). My aunt Brenda Gibson lived there and in Campbell Street, my uncle Jimmy Boal lived on Deerness estate as did my cousin Julie Cowton. Her son Peter still lives in the area.

I am trying to find out what happened to my grandfather's siblings, and if anyone knows of any descendants of them or my Grandmother's family - she was Georgina Lawson.

I'd love to hear of any information. Thank you.

jane.wren1@ntlworld.com
Hello,
We are looking for information on Joy's Maternal Grandfather , Mark Ronald Todd. His name appears on the Tow Law war memorial 'Gnr MR Todd'. I think he died after the 1st WW.
There were daughters in the family, Nora, Vera(Joy's mother),Edna, Rhodda
Any info most welcome

l.murphy@ntlworld.com
james and john Weatherall
I am wondering if anyone can tell me anything about identical twins, James and John Weatherall, who lived in High Street, Tow Law? The retired railway platelayers lived until at least 80 years old and were looked after by a housekeeper. Does anyone know which twin died first and if anyone knows where they are buried? Thanks. I can be contacted at

anitaatkinson128@btinternet.com
Hello
My name is Joe Holder formerly from Willington but am now inquiring about my mother who was born in Tow Law in 1881 and her name was Lydia Newby. Could there possibly be any of her family still living in Tow Law. If so could you please let me know. I would also like to hear from Betty Collingwood from Tow Law who I met in Crook many years ago. Is Betty still alive and does she remember me.

jholder@senet.com.au
Hello
My name is Ann and like a lot of other people tracing my family tree and looking for Corbridge road Towlaw on the census of 1851 my family live at 128 corbridge road Joseph Heatherington Ann his wife and 4 children.

Annxx

bland590@btinternet.com
Hi,
seeking any information on the following family names.
INGHAM.
ELCOAT.
HARLE
STEPHENSON
COATES.
All lived and worked in Tow Law from the 1850 onwards.It could be possible that some decendants still reside in Tow Law of whom I would like if possible to make contact.

Cheers
Kathy

Lindisfarneview@aol.com
Hi I'm Sue. I'm looking for people who might know of my family. I'm living in Stockport Cheshire. My mum was born on sunnyside. She was Annie Cain Eley was her married name. Daughter of Dora Cain nee Curry. She also had George, Hilda and Jenny. They moved down to Stockport when my mum was a teenager. I do rememeber a cousin of my mum's Jenny and Tommy Hutchinson. Think they had a son called Tony. I would love to find some far distant family.
Thanks Sue Spencer
susie.jayne@hotmail.com
I would be interested in obtaining information on families, Cockfeild / Coates who lived in Tow Law in the 1850/1870's. John Coates had a tailoring business there and Ann his wife had a grocery store. My Grandmother was born in the High Street there, Any information on these families would be gratefully received. My e-mail is geraldine_james@hotmail.com
Thank you
Geraldine James
Hi,
my name is Ruth Worsdale, nee Dodds, nee Batson and I am trying to find out some information about my family whom I understand are well known in Tow Law. In particular I am trying to find out more information about my father Anthony, aka Tony, Batson who died when I was aged about 5 years old. We lived at 27 Danscastle, Tow Law. I have a sister called Jayne and my mother is called Lilian. We move away when my mother re-married. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who could tell my more about my family and why there was such a rift caused when my father died. I would also be interested to hear from anyone who can confirm my fathers will and the land which was in his name. As you can see I have many questions and feel it is important for me to have them answered, so I can in turn be truthful and answer my childrens questions about their heritage. My e-mail address is ruthrichardandjames@msn.com if you can help me.

richardandjames@msn.com
Hello,
My name is Susan Ridley and I have been reseaching the Ridley's of Tow-Law. I have been Lucky enough to find out a big chunk of them especially My Grt Grandfather Robert Ridley (campbell street) and his family, his eldest son was Joseph Ridley my Grandfather who married Margaret Ayton. There is one area I need to find some answers, They moved to Gateshead after marrying where I believe all the four children were born, the youngest being my Father John Robert Ridley. They returned back to Tow Law while my father was still of primary school age. If there are any Ridley or Aytons out there who would know why they moved to Gateshead it would be another chapter answered. If there are any people who went to school with my Father that would also be great, My Father was very involed with football, we have the Crook and District School medals and photos. It would also be nice to know if there would be any access to school records and if so where. Thank you for your time. I live in Staffordshire so its not easy to just spend time digging the information that would so gladly received. Happy New Year Tow Law

Susan Rildey

susan@ridley52.wanadoo.co.uk
Hello there,
I am doing my family tree. My grandfather and his family were born in Weardale they are the Barrett family and wear miners. my g.g.grandfather Peter Barrett died in the mine in 1904 at the black prince colliery. I've just found this web site,
brilliant
email: fuad.janet@virgin.net
Hello,
my name is shaun hope, a lot of people know me. my dad frank hope past away on 1st jan 2006 he was a tow law lad and he is buried in tow law grave yard. i was just wondring if any body had any old photos of him young or old. im trying to get as many pictures as i can please email photos to sash.hair@virgin.net or get in touch and i can get the photos and scan them and get them straight back to you.

thanks
shaun hope
Hello,
My name is Lucy Norden and I am trying to trace the history of my family - The Whitfields, who I believe were farmers in the Tow Law area during the mid to late 1800s. I noticed on your website you have both a history exhibition and a then and now section - could you recommend a local historian who I could perhaps contact for some information.
Kind regards
Lucy.

Hello Lucy.
I don't think you need anyone to do a search for you because you can do it on line. The 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 etc etc are all searchable on line. I do have the 1861 census results for Wear Valley and can tell you the Whitfields were farmers at Wolsingham and in case you did not know that is down in the valley from Tow Law (Tow Law at high level and Wolsingham lower down) If you want the details you can have them.

Adam
Adam@rentonne.wanadoo.co.uk
Hello
I wonder if you can help me to find a distant relation of mine who was a resident of Tow Law in 1992, her name is Margaret Kirk (nee Noddings). I would like to try and renew contact with her, she had two sisters Mary Ann who married Walter Suddes and Sarah (Sally) who married John White, Margaret had 3 children Elizabeth m Alex Stephenson, Joseph Alan (unmarried in 1992) and Julie Isabella m Stephen Taylor, I believe they have two children Ben and Ashley. Margaret will be about 72yrs now The last time I heard from her was in late 1992 when I was living in High Row Washington, Tyne and Wear, at that time I was researching my family tree and was focusing on Tow Law as that was where my Grandmother Annie Dodd was born, the eldest of 3 sisters she married my grandfather William Logan from Morpeth after the great war, her sisters were Amy who married George Lowson and remained in Tow Law until after his death in 1970s and Tamar who married James Davis and moved to South Shields.
I moved to Hylton Castle in Sunderland in 1993, and lost contact with her, did not do much on the tree after late 1993 for many years due to other commitments. I know Margaret was living in Tow Law in 1992 and although I have a couple of letters from her I no longer have the envelopes with her address as several of my personal papers and photos have been lost over the course of two house moves.
I now live in Catchgate near Stanley and have recently started looking at the tree again and accessing several sites on line to update some details, it would be wonderful to hear from her and catch up, I have tried the phone book but she is not listed.
My email is denise@ddmorris.co.uk
my address is 12 Cedar Court, Catchgate, Stanley DH9 8LY (it is on the site of the old primary school next to the new one) I would welcome contact from any other family members too!
Many thanks

Denise Morris
Greetings,

My name is Ellen Waters and I am researching our Family History ,the Smiths. I have a book here that was given to my Great Grandfather Thomas Smith,from Thomas Smith of Tow Law in 1876.
Would you know of any family in the area researching this Family? If so I would love to hear from them.

Regards Ellen Waters

Canberra Australia.
Gary & Ellen Waters
email: warrant@actewagl.net.au
Hello,
I'm wondering if you could help me. I am trying to find any of my family living in your area. My father was Arthur Turnbull born in 1906 and lived at North Road, Tow Law. His Mothers name was Isabella and his father John Turnbull, they also had 2 more sons Samuel and John and daughters Margaret, Edith, Florence, Lily, and I think Nellie. Of course these have most probably all passed away now, so I would be looking for their children and family so if anyone thinks they are from the same family I would love to hear from you.
My name is Pearl Ball and I live at Chard in Somerset
email:catcrazy55@hotmail.com
It may be useful if you could put this on a notice board for me please
Hi
hope you don't mind ...but I was wondering if you could help me...I lived in Tow law in the Fifty's ..went to school there. After viewing the 'Tow Law.org.uk.nett' I noticed that there was a Cristine Rand on the local Council.....I'm hoping that she is the sister to... Ann Rand that was a good friend of mine....and I would very much like to get in touch with her.....My name Rose Heyman [now Rose ZURCH]...I have been living in Canada for over Thirty years...I would be most GRATEFUL if you could pass this message on for me.thank you
Rose Zurch
email: tips40@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am trying to find out the address of my parents Mr. George Henry Thirling and Mrs. Elsie Beatrice Thirling. for 1943.
They lived at either Vine Street, Hedley Hope or Campbell Street, Tow Law (where I was born) My Mother is still alive but cannot remember.(she is 92) I need this information for a Form my Mother needs to complete. Do you have access to records for this date.

Regards,

Malcolm Thirling
emil: Malcolm.Thirling@amec.com
To whom it may concern,

My name is Lyndsay Perry and i am currently conducting research into my family's history. According to my records, my great great great grandparents were residents of Tow Law. Charles maddison was a publican in 1841 and an inn keeper at the "Iron Works Inn" in 1851.

As i live in Australia i am finding it very difficult to locate information. I am hoping that someone in your organisation might know, or be able to locate, if the inn is still standing, and what it is today (are there any pictures of it?). Also, at this point any other information you may be able to provide me with would be greatly appreciated. I can provde further information if it is required.

I thank you for your time,
Ms. Lyndsay Perry
email: missnrl@hotmail.com