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Offline JosiahS

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Upper Shields, Alnwick
« on: Saturday 25 October 25 18:50 BST (UK) »
Helllo there

I have discovered that my ancestor John Thompson was a farmer near Alnwick.  On the baptisms of his children it is marked at Upper Shields, Upper Shields Dikes, and Over Shields.

Does anyone know where this was?  I can't find his marriage to his wife Ann (sometime before 1774) or either of their burials and I am wondering if it actually borders on another parish.

Thank you in advance.
DU: Jones, Miller, Laverick, Orwin, Burn, Finlay, Robson, Robinson, Jobling, Fenwick, Spoor, Saunders, Billingsley, Appleby
NB: Pickard, Gilchrist, Curry, Heron, Thompson, Bell, Henderson, Aynsley
CU: Bell, Armstrong, Parker
SY: Saunders, Bartlett, Ellis
SX: Bartlett, Cager
BK: Saunders
NY: Miller (Swaledale), Raw
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Re: Upper Shields, Alnwick
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 25 October 25 19:16 BST (UK) »
A possibility?

Here is a side-by-side map view (old OS/modern map) of a farm called Shiel Dykes just north of Swarland, south of Alnwick,

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15.1&lat=55.35020&lon=-1.76463&layers=6&right=osm

On the 1840 tithe map the occupant is James Huggup; the owner is the Duke of Northumberland.
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Re: Upper Shields, Alnwick
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 25 October 25 20:22 BST (UK) »
Thank you - that is a big help!

The search for the marriage, where they came from, and where they went continues.... :D
DU: Jones, Miller, Laverick, Orwin, Burn, Finlay, Robson, Robinson, Jobling, Fenwick, Spoor, Saunders, Billingsley, Appleby
NB: Pickard, Gilchrist, Curry, Heron, Thompson, Bell, Henderson, Aynsley
CU: Bell, Armstrong, Parker
SY: Saunders, Bartlett, Ellis
SX: Bartlett, Cager
BK: Saunders
NY: Miller (Swaledale), Raw
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