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JENB you are the 8th Wonder of the World.
Thank you so much, this info will mean a lot to the family, so your help has been invaluable!
Thanks again,
Phil

I dropped half a brick on my left little finger in about 1971 playing on the rocks around Charlie's Garden, aged 4. It cropped up in conversation at the hospital last night, where I had a cricketing injury examined.  The scar from the 5 stitches is still very visible, as is the fact that I've never been able to straighten that finger properly as an adult.
Fascinating to read the history of Mr Dockwray's cultivation - I'd always assumed it was a meaningless nickname.

I am trying to find more information about James Crosier, from Elsdon, who married my GGGG grandfather's eldest sister, Jane Noble on 24 May 1807, in Long Horsley.

I believe that he may be the son of the celebrated Margaret Crocer, who was murdered in her home (The Raw) in 1791 by William Winter. Winter's body was displayed on a gibbet after his hanging the following year.  The gibbet (Winter's Gibbet) still stands, although it is not the original.

In the book "The registers of baptisms, marriages & burials solemnized in the ancient parish church of Elsdon, in the County of Northumberland, from A. D. 1672 to A. D. 1812" ( https://archive.org/details/registersbaptis00goog ) I've found the following record:

November 31 1774 - Baptism of James, the son of Thos and Mary Crocer of the Raw

Is it possible that someone can check if this is a misreading of Margt or similar?

I have a little doubt as to whether a woman who gave birth in 1774 could be described as a woman "advanced in life" ( as she was described in the "Monthly Chronicle of North Country Lore and Legend" in 1877) in 1791?  I suppose, if she was 40 when giving birth, which was not unheard of in the 18th century, looking at other families, she would have been 57 in 1791.

Any assistance would be gratefully received, not only by me, but by the living direct descendants  of James Crozier that I am now in contact with.

Kind regard,

Phil Jones

Thank you SelDen and c-Side.
I'm finding out a lot, but getting confused with an apparent change of Margaret's maiden name from Carr to Joicey/Jowcey after the first two children.  If someone's father died or was disgraced, might they start using their mother's maiden name as their own maiden name for records?  I shall dig deeper and deeper!