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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Houghton Bank, Heighington help
« on: Friday 26 January 18 13:17 GMT (UK)  »
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!

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Durham Lookup Requests / Houghton Bank, Heighington help
« on: Friday 26 January 18 12:44 GMT (UK)  »
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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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Aberlady/Haddington Death - Struggling with burial location
« on: Wednesday 13 September 17 12:41 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Anne, I really do appreciate you taking the time and effort to do this!! Thank you so much for all you've done.

I've downloaded David's will from Scotland's People and if i'm reading it correctly it would seem he had quite a few debts when he died and didn't leave a great deal of money to his wife. So it may be that there wasn't any money available for a gravestone?

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Aberlady/Haddington Death - Struggling with burial location
« on: Tuesday 12 September 17 13:13 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both Tom and Anne for all your help!!

I will certainly access those records on the Scotland's People website. It does seem as though both were laid to rest in Aberlady, but perhaps don't have grave markers. Of course the Will of David may well provide some clues towards why that might be the case

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Aberlady/Haddington Death - Struggling with burial location
« on: Monday 04 September 17 18:06 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, I really do appreciate it! Fingers crossed!!

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Aberlady/Haddington Death - Struggling with burial location
« on: Monday 04 September 17 16:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi Anne - Good to hear from you. I've never visited the graveyard myself, I've been going by information provided to me by another relation who also hasn't visited the graveyard, a friend or relation to them has and couldn't find anything. Considering the information is third hand there would be no harm in having a look around the site. I live in Cornwall so just not practical but if were happy to do so I would be delighted if you wouldn't mind having a look?

Of course there is no rush at all, whenever you are passing or close by. I would be most grateful indeed. Ideally I would be looking for the graves of David Bryce-Tod or his wife Ann Guy Bryce-Tod. She died approx 2 years later (around 1920) also in Aberlady.

Thank you very much! Richard

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: Aberlady/Haddington Death - Struggling with burial location
« on: Sunday 04 June 17 08:05 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks. If his funeral took place in Aberlady you would expect him to be buried in the area. Quite mysterious why his grave doesn't appear to be there!

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Thomas Prest & Mary Johnston Danby-Wiske
« on: Saturday 03 June 17 08:47 BST (UK)  »
Coming to this one a bit late, but I'm fairly certain that the Thomas and Mary who married in Danny Wiske are my family. There are a lots of Prest's, especially Thomas Prest's, from around this area so it's a bit of a headache trying to go farther back! I have a great deal of research going in the other direction.

If you find they are part of your tree let me know

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Aberlady/Haddington Death - Struggling with burial location
« on: Saturday 03 June 17 07:19 BST (UK)  »
Hi There - I wonder if anybody can help! I'm struggling to identify the burial location of my GG Grandfather, David Bryce Tod.

He died in Aberlady on 14 March 1919. While some of his relatives are buried in Aberlady Church there is no sign of David. I thought he might also be buried in Haddington but I can't see him listed in the burial plots at St Marys. I did wonder if he was buried at St John's in Haddington (his father David Bryce was the architect, and designed this church), but from what I can see (on google) there are no burial plots.

I know place of death doesn't necessary mean that they would also be buried there, but I'm drawing a bit of a blank! Some family members appear to have been buried in the fathers plot in Edinburgh, but not David Bryce-Tod.

Any help, pointers, suggested resources to check out would be gratefully appreciated!!

Best, Richard

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