The following is an actual account of London based Dr James Mitchell in the Summer of 1840. He was visiting the nearby village of Coxhoe in the course of his investigations into th... Read more
Culture and language These mining communities developed their own unique culture, customs, myths and even language. People from Durham mining villages were known as pit-yakk... Read more
Decline of Williams Health We’ve always known that William H. Hill died in the Seaview Lunatic Asylum in 1921. Recently, we were lucky enough to find the documents and medical reco... Read more
William Harrison Hill and Mary Jane Woodward were married in a pretty little Church of England chapel named St Peter, the Apostle at Byers Green on December 27, 1884. William was 2... Read more
In 1896, Mary (28) and William (34) had 8 young children but others in the village had 15 or 16. Mary Jane also appears to be trying to boost the family coffers by working as a hou... Read more
Mary Jane and William Hill arrived in New Zealand under a NZ government emigration scheme. William came out first, likely in 1886. There is a passenger record of a W.H.Hill arrivin... Read more
Thomas William Harrison 1885- 1972 Married 3 times. His first marriage was in 1910 to Alice Pattinson, daughter of a fallen miner named John Pattinson, killed in the Brunner Mine D... Read more
John George Joseph Hill It’s been a while since Uncle Joe passed away, but he is often in my thoughts. He was an honest and decent man, and featured prominently in so much of... Read more