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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Durham => England => Durham Lookup Requests => Topic started by: rprest on Friday 26 January 18 12:44 GMT (UK)
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I wonder if anybody can help.
I know my family were living in the Heighington area in the early 1800s, but I'm trying to pin down where either exactly or certainly close by. I know from a press report about my Greatx4 grandfather (Thomas Prest) that they were living in 'Haughton Bank', which is presumably Houghton Bank, in 1817.
They suffered a burglary at their house while they were out in the fields and the press report only mentions 'Haughton Bank', no specific address. This is obviously pre-census, so are there any places/documents online that I could search that might help pin down the location??
A long shot I know!
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There were no street addresses at that time. Even street numbering in towns did not become formalised until the 1850s at the earliest.
Stan
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You can see Houghton Bank on this 1859 map http://maps.nls.uk//view/102341728#zoom=6&lat=7833&lon=9952&layers=BT
There are not many houses.
Stan
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Thanks Stan, I've been looking at that map. It's somewhat frustrating knowing that there were only a handful of houses and not knowing which one was theirs!