Lumley Thicks
The hamlet of Lumley Thicks lies approximately one mile south west of Bournmoor. Few people today realise that it is actually a very old settlement which dates back to at least the mid-18th century, as the parish registers testify - see below. The oldest map found to date is from 1768 - see below.
Above: a view of Lumley Thicks taken from the B1284 road, looking south
Above: the main access road to Lumley Thicks taken from the B1284, looking south
Above: a modern-day aerial view of Lumley Thicks which can be compared to the maps below
Above: another modern-day aerial view of Lumley Thicks
Above: Lumley Thicks, 1951
Above: an aerial photograph from December 1945
Above: the same area as above, 1915
Above: the same area, 1898
Above: the same area, 1862
Above: Lumley Thicks, 1820 by Christopher Greenwood
Above: 1768 map by Andrew Armstrong
On the above three old maps, part of what is now the B1284 road was then the Lumley branch of the Lambton Railway. Access to Lumley Thicks from the Chester-Le-Street direction was by a straight access road visible on each of the old maps on the left-hand-side. The line of this old road can still be seen in the landscape today:
Above: old road - just to the right of the tree-line - to Lumley Thicks. Taken looking away from Lumley Thicks towards Tinkler Terrace
Lumley Thicks: People
Prior to the regular ten-yearly census, Lumley Thicks was already well-established and inhabited. Here is a sample of surnames for Lumley Thicks 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:
Surnames:
Adamson
Alison/Allison
Appleby
Armour/Armor
Atkinson
Bainbridge
Barras
Bell
Bennett
Bird
Brown
Burnhop
Carr
Chapman
Charlton
Clark
Coxon
Craggs
Croudace
Curry
Daglish
Defty
Deighton
Dodds
Elliott
Fenwick
Flint
Galley
Grant
Hardy
Henderson
Hewison
Hewitson
Hindmarsh/Hindmarch
Humble
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Jopling
Joyce
Kirkley
Lamb
Lambton
Lowerson
Matthew
Melvin]
Milburn/Milbourn
Moody
Mowbray
Naylor
Nicholson
Noble
Punshon
Pyle
Ramsay
Ramshaw
Redhead
Reed
Ridley
Robinson
Robson
Scott
Simpson
Smith
Smithson
Stark
Stephen
Stephenson
Tate/Tait
Taylor
Thomson/Thompson
Todd
Turnbull
Usher
Ward
Watkin
Watson
Wigham
Williamson
Winter
Wylam
Above: graph illustrating total number of baptisms for people from Lumley Thicks from the Chester-le-Street, Penshaw and Houghton-le-Spring Parish Church registers, 1783-1837 (pre-civil registration)
Above: graph illustrating total number of burials for people from Lumley Thicks from the Chester-le-Street, Penshaw and Houghton-le-Spring Parish Church registers, 1783-1837 (pre-civil registration)
Census
The census returns for Lumley Thicks 1841-1911 have been transcribed. Below is a list of surnames which appear on each census. For further information on any of the names listed, please contact the Webmaster via the email address on the Home Page of this website.
1841:
Allen
Appleby
Bainbridge
Banks
Bell
Bushfield?
Carr
Charlton
Cole
Cowell
Dawson
Elliott
Franklin
Hardy
Humble
Jackson
Keenham
Kirtley
Middlemass
Mills
Moody
Moses
Newmarch?
Reed
Robison
Smith
Swinhoe
Tate
Taylor
Turnbull
Walker
Winter
Wreather?
1851:
Appleby
Atkinson
Avery
Bainbridge
Bell
Brown
Burn
Charlton
Cole
Cowell
Cumming
Cummins
Dixon
Earl
Fenwick
Hindmarch
Jackson
Kirtley
Middlemass
Minton
Moody
Moses
Oliver
Ossip
Sanderson
Shields
Smith
Strong
Swanston
Swinhoe
Taylor
Thornton
Turnbull
Winter
1861:
Charlton
Swinney
(No other enumerations for Lumley Thicks)
1871:
Alsop
Anderson
Appleby
Athey
Avery
Barron
Bell
Bulmer
Carr
Cummings
Forster
Gilmore
Hall
Harland
Hepel
Howe
Laws
Lilzy?
Middlemass
Minto
Montroy
Oliver
Ramshaw
Robson
Rogers
Rogerson
Saunders
Scott
Sedgewick
Shillan
Smith
Swinney
Turnbull
1881:
Alsopp
Anderson
Avery
Balmer
Bell
Carr
Coxon
Cummings
Forster
Gilmore
Hall
Hepple
Hindmarch
Hodgson
Middlemiss
Minto
Moody
Nelson
Oliver
Ramshaw
Ridley
Robson
Rogers
Rogerson
Sanders
Shields
Smith
Swinhoe
Swinney
Thompson
Turnbull
1891:
Alsopp
Anderson
Avery
Carr
Coxon
Cummings
Forster
Gardner
Gilmore
Hall
Hodgson
Iley
Minto
Moody
Moore
Nelson
Nicholson
Oliver
Poll
Ramshaw
Rodgerson
Shields
Smith
Swinney
Tait
Turnbull
Wilkinson
1901:
Baker
Baines
Bowman
Brown
Bulmer
Carr
Forster
Gamble
Gilmore
Gray
Hall
Illey
Harland
Hornsby
Lowerson
Moody
Moore
Nelson
Oliver
Pinkney
Raine
Ramshaw
Renwick
Rogers
Scott
Shanks
Shields
Smart
Smith
Stark
Storey
Turnbull
Webb
Whitfield
Wilson
Young
1911:
Burns
Carr
Coxon
Crozier
Curry
Elliiott
Forbes
Forth
Hall
Henderson
Hindmarch
Hey
Lawson
Lowerson
Middlemiss
Moody
Nelson
Ramshaw
Renwick
Shields
Storey
Tacchi
Turnbull
Wilson