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Quote from: horselydown86 on Tuesday 15 April 25 15:08 BST (UK)

In 1820 it had a wider meaning of a member of a handicraft trade, a manual labourer or artisan.

Carpenter to Mechanic wasn't necessarily a big jump in 1820.

I totally agree with this. In some baptism registers (e.g. Marylebone, Middlesex), at this period and later, any man who worked with his hands is categorised as Mechanic, and anyone who sold anything is classed as Trade.

That is fascinating as this baptism is indeed from St Marylebone! I had wondered what the other occupation was that appears frequently and now can see it is "trade", just written with an unusual "t". There only seem to be a handful of occupations scanning the surrounding pages - farmer, servant, trade, labourer, mechanic and esq/gentleman - so it seems likely he was indeed a carpenter! Thank you so much Bookbox, that makes total sense. I wanted to be sure on the father's occupation as the surname is recorded wrong - Sekbeach instead of Suxspeach - so thank you so much for providing that context.

How about an image or a link?

Sorry, that would help! Computer was being unhelpful but there should be an image now.

Thank you both so much DOB7 and ciderdrinker, that is totally amazing! It would never have occurred to me to look at Catholic records as there’s no history of any Catholics in my tree. That’s so much to think about and pursue further. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me out, I am so grateful.

Does anyone know if the baptism records for Stoke Damerel for the first decade of the 19th century are available for purchase? Many thanks

I have a death certificate for John Warren who died in hospital in North Shields and it states that the coroner for South Northumberland, Philip M. Dodds, held an inquest on 20th April. I was just wondering please if there was any newspaper coverage of this in the North Shields newspaper?
Thank you!