Walkerfield - Durham

[ChrissieL]

We visited Wackerfield earlier this year where my Raine ancestors lived. Not many houses there now but it was definitely signposted as Wackerfield

Chris

[Jillity]

I have Raines in my family tree as well.

[ChrissieL]

Thomas Raine was my 3 X great grandfather, baptised 1802 at Staindrop but but gives their abode as Wackerfield. Raine seems to be a common surname in that area

Chris

[MollyC]

Reply #8  "... how to pronounce Houghton Le Spring"

Near Barnsley, south Yorkshire, there are villages named Great Houghton and Little Houghton,
pronounced Horton.

I had a friend from Cannock, Staffordshire with surname Houghton - pronounced Howton.

(Something changes as you cross Derbyshire!)

[Jillity]

Thomas Raine was my 3 X great grandfather, baptised 1802 at Staindrop but but gives their abode as Wackerfield. Raine seems to be a common surname in that area

Chris

Jonathon Bowman Thornton Raine and his siblings were my 1st cousins twice removed. My grandmother was a Thornton and my 2nd great grandmother was a Bowman.