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