In the 18th century, Bournmoor as we know it was a very rural location, centred primarily on the settlement of Wapping; details and maps of Wapping can be found elsewhere on this website. The only non-agricultural industries worthy of note in the area at that time were coal mining as well as a corn mill (at Floater's Mill) and ironworks (at Breckon Hill Forge). This does not mean that few people lived in this area.
The parish records (baptisms and burials) for All Saints' Church Penshaw and St Michael and All Angels' Church Houghton-le-Spring have been transcribed for the Bournmoor area. The following is a list of surnames which appear from these early times. If you would like further information or a (free!) name / place look-up, please send an email to the Webmaster - email address is at the foot of the Home Page of this site.
Note: in some cases there is more than one spelling of the surname so do not be discouraged if the exact name you are searching for is not on the list!
Bournmoor and Area: 18th Century Surnames:
Adamson
Alderson
Allen
Allison
Anderson
Arflick
Armstrong
Atkinson
Avelock
Backwith
Bailey
Bainbridge
Balmer
Barley
Barras
Barres
Beadling
Beamson
Beany
Beaustone
Bell
Bennett
Besome
Blackbird
Blenkinsop
Bolam
Bonniton
Booggy
Bowden
Bradley
Bril
Brown
Burn
Carr
Carred
Carter
Charlton
Chisholm
Christie
Clapham
Clark
Clavering
Coatman
Conyers
Cook
Courtney
Cowell
Crake
Cumming
Curry
Cuthbert
Dacre
Dand
Davison
Dawson
Deal
Defty
Dent
Dickinson
Dixon
Dobinson
Dodd
Dodds
Dunn
Dury
Elliott
Elsdon
Eltringham
Embleton
Emery
Emmerson
Errington
Fairley
Farrer
Favisham
Featinby
Fenwick
Ferry
Finn
Forster
Foster
Fraser
Frater
Gallon
Gardiner
Gare
Garland
Garrett
Gatehouse
Gates
Gaughan
Gayliss
Gelson
Gibson
Gill
Gordon
Gory
Grain
Gray
Greathead
Green
Grundy
Gustard
Hall
Ham
Handey
Hardy
Harley
Harrison
Hasbet
Heartley
Hedley
Henderson
Herrell
Hey
Hind
Hindmarsh
Holiday
Holmes
Hood
Humble
Hume
Hunnington
Hunter
Hutchinson
Irwin
Jacobs
Jane
Jefferson
Jobbs
Johnson
Jones
Jopling
Judgstone
Justin
Kellender
Kennedy
Kirtley
Knowe
Labourn
Lanchester
Laverick
Lax
Laybourne
Laycourt
Lee
Leeman
Lishman
Lomond
Lowerson
Lowery
Lumley
Lumsley
Lyon
Malven
Mann
Manners
Mannual
Marshall
Mason
Mattey
Mayson
Meanin
Middleton
Milburn
Mitchel
Mitchinson
Monkerstone
Moody
Moore
Moselin
Nesbitt
Neville
Nicholson
Nisbet
Ogden
Oliver
Oswald
Osworth
Oughton
Parker
Parkin
Parkinson
Patterson
Pattison
Pearson
Peel
Phalp
Pickering
Pollot
Potter
Price
Purvis
Pyburn
Raffill
Raisbeck
Ramsay
Ramshaw
Reid
Rennison
Richardson
Rickaby
Riley
Robinson
Robson
Roddam
Rofs
Rowe
Roxby
Ruscel
Rutter
Sanderson
Scorer
Seaton
Sharp
Shevils
Shields
Short
Simpson
Skelton
Skinner
Smith
Smithson
Smithstone
Sped
Speed
Spour
Sprat
Stafford
Stalker
Stephenson
Stobbs
Stoddard
Stoker
Stokoe
Story
Stubbs
Swinhoe
Taylor
Theals
Thew
Thirlwell
Thompson
Thornley
Thornton
Todd
Towns
Trimble
Trotter
Turnbull
Urwin
Vasey
Walker
Wandless
Watkin
Watson
Waugh
Welch
West
Westmoreland
Wheatly
Wheatman
White
Whitfield
Wigham
Wilkinson
Willey
Wilson
Winship
Winter
Wolf
Wonders
Wood
Wylam
Young