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As the name suggests, D (or "Dee") Pit Row was a row of houses located at the Lambton D Pit, located just to the east of New Lambton in the centre of what would have been a very industrial area.
Above: extract from 1862 six-inch OS map with D Pit Row indicated
Above: D Pit Row to the left of the Lambton D Pit
Above: D Pit Row is in the centre of this later photograph taken from alongside Lambton Lane.
As can be clearly seen from both the above map and images, the houses were constructed extremely near to the pit and would have accommodated not only pitmen but those employed in the associated industries. It should be remembered that there were several pits within walking distance of D Pit Row, the second closest being the Lady Ann Pit just a few hundred yards away. To illustrate the size of this settlement, the 1841 census for "Dee Pit" consisted of 26 households.
People:
Prior to the regular ten-yearly census, D Pit Row was already well-established and inhabited. Here is a sample of surnames for D Pit Row taken from the parish registers 1767-1837 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.
The first register entry for D Pit Row:
14th August 1800, Penshaw All Saints Church register: burial of Elizabeth Littlefain, died 12 Aug 1800, daughter of John Littlefain, pitman by his wife Elizabeth Foreman native of this chapelry age 4 months
Surnames Listed in the Registers:
Adamson
Anderson
Arkles
Atkinson
Barras
Bartram
Bird
Boggon
Bolam
Brown
Charlton
Chilton
Cowans
Coxon
Dawson
Dixon
Dormer
Elliott
Eltringham
Errington
Fairley
Farrer
Fenwick
Forster / Foster
Forth
Galley
Gallon
Graham
Green
Greenwell
Hamilton
Harrison
Hepburn
Hudspeth
Humble
Hunter
Jackson
Jeffrey / Jeffreys
Johnson
Jones
Kellett
Laverick
Laws
Lax
Ledger
Littlefain
Magee
Manners
Marsdon
Marshall
Meloin
Middlemass / Middlemiss
Morgan
Naisbett / Naisbitt
Nesham
Ord
Pearson
Pickering
Potts
Pratt
Pringle
Proud
Robinson
Robson
Routledge
Scorer
Skiffington
Smith
Stamp
Summerson
Sutton
Swan
Thirlaway
Turnbull
Watson
Welch
Wilkinson
Wilson
Winship
Wylam
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