Breckon Hill: People

The Census Returns for 1841 -1911 for Breckon Hill are available by selecting the appropriate 'Breckon Hill: People' sub-page. All transcriptions are courtesy of Mr B. Chater of Bournmoor.

Prior to the census, Breckon Hill and Lumley Forge were already well established and inhabited. Here is a sample of surnames for Breckon Hill/Lumley Forge taken from the parish registers 1772-1837 of Chester-le-Street, Penshaw and Houghton-le-Spring Parish Churches. For further information on any of the names listed, please contact the Webmaster via the email address on the Home Page of this website:

Surnames:

Alport

Bainbridge

Balied

Banks

Barkas

Barras

Bell

Blarkett

Brewster

Brown

Cairns

Carnes

Cawthorn

Charlton

Clark

Coxon

Davison/Davidson

Deighton

Dobson

Dowson

Elliott

Eltringham

Embleton

Enderwick

Forster/Foster

Gilbraith

Hall

Harle

Harrison

Hunter

Jones

Laverick

Laycourt

Lee

Lyn/Lynn

Maddison

Macdonald/McDonald

Merrick

Mowbray

Natress

Naisbett/Nesbitt

Oughton

Peel

Pringle

Purvis

Ridley

Robinson

Ross

Roxby

Scorer

Smith

Speed

Stubbs

Thornton

Tone

Wandel

Watson

Wear

Wight

Willis

Wilson

Woodhouse