Where is the most likely burial place?

[christiek]

Also, do you have a more specific address than farm cottages, Budle that could narrow it down? Neighbouring addresses perhaps?
My husband says he's about 70% sure where they are and that they are still there if you wanted us to take a photograph while we are pandering about. My husband is a keen amateur photographer so he really doesn't mind.

[Tickettyboo]

Bamburgh is a definite possibility, they were married there, their children were baptised there , but as far as I am aware the Bamburgh burials after 1902 haven't been deposited with the archives so its difficult for me to find out.

The Mavins were joiners/cartwrights living at Spindlestone Mill/ Waren Mill Cottages for many years. Mary Ann Mavin  married James Nairn in 1888,  other than the address on the death cert for her in 1931 which says Farm Cottages, Budle I don't know the location, her death was registered by her son Robert who was still living at Waren Mill Cottages.

'If' you are going to Bamburgh churchyard anyway and 'if' you stumble across any Mavins or Nairns headstones then yes, I would be really grateful for any info or photos you could provide. But please don't catch cold on my behalf! Both of you 'have' to wrap up warm :-)
<I'm a Granny, I worry, its my job>

Boo

[christiek]

Lol - Boo, my husband has worked at Waren Mill and my SIL often works at Spindlestone.
I'd say definately if their children were baptised in Bamburgh it is highly likely that they are buried in Bamburgh churchyard. We'll go and have a look for you at the beginning of next week it's absolutely no problem. I'm getting to the stage where I'm having to pay for records now, so my own research has ground to a little bit of a standstill at the moment and two weeks till I'm at Uni, I've got time to help other people out 

[Tickettyboo]

Yes, certs are expensive, but sometimes needed to verify what we have found, best to be sure 'before' you go further back that you are on the right track.

There are alternatives though. For marriages, if you can identify the church and date you can usually get a copy from the parish register microfilm at the archives, which is about as authentic as it comes. Its the source document , the one that was written at the time of the marriage so will have the good stuff like original signatures. Once I have the right info, I order them from the archives. a photocopy from a microfilm costs about £1 plus postage  (no postage if you can go and collect them, but the postage probably works out cheaper than petrol if you aren't really close to the archives) so lots cheaper than a civil registration certificate at a minimum of £9.25 a go.

Church baptism registers sometimes (though not always) give birth dates as well as baptism dates so they are a good substitute for a birth cert.
Burials, again 'sometimes' give dates of death, but usually, if its not in my 'direct line' I settle for knowing when they were buried, as they will most likely have died within a few days of that and I have to budget for my hobby, as we all do.

Boo

[senteacher]

What a small world we live in. My step-grandmother's grandfather was born at Spindlestone Mill in 1832.