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Title: Upper Shields, Alnwick
Post by: JosiahS on Saturday 25 October 25 18:50 BST (UK)

Helllo there

I have discovered that my ancestor John Thompson was a farmer near Alnwick.  On the baptisms of his children it is marked at Upper Shields, Upper Shields Dikes, and Over Shields.

Does anyone know where this was?  I can't find his marriage to his wife Ann (sometime before 1774) or either of their burials and I am wondering if it actually borders on another parish.

Thank you in advance.

Title: Re: Upper Shields, Alnwick
Post by: AlanBoyd on Saturday 25 October 25 19:16 BST (UK)

A possibility?

Here is a side-by-side map view (old OS/modern map) of a farm called Shiel Dykes just north of Swarland, south of Alnwick,

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15.1&lat=55.35020&lon=-1.76463&layers=6&right=osm

On the 1840 tithe map the occupant is James Huggup; the owner is the Duke of Northumberland.

Title: Re: Upper Shields, Alnwick
Post by: JosiahS on Saturday 25 October 25 20:22 BST (UK)

Thank you - that is a big help!

The search for the marriage, where they came from, and where they went continues.... :D