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Forum: Warkworth and Birling 20-10-2014, 12:51 PM
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Posted By Coquet
Is he saying the mourners were intoxicated around...

Is he saying the mourners were intoxicated around the grave-side? :eek:
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 18-10-2014, 05:57 PM
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Posted By Coquet
I can add the pictures :) It's leaning over...

I can add the pictures :)

It's leaning over by 15 degrees. I know that because that's how far I had to rotate the picture to get it vertical. Yes it's a nice one, money there. Carry on. :)

...
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 18-10-2014, 10:53 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
Transcriptions for the beach road cemetery now up...

Transcriptions for the beach road cemetery now up (http://www.fusilier.co.uk/warkworth_northumberland/cemetery/warkworth_cemetery_monumental_inscriptions.html), page a bit rough at the moment and...
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 02-09-2014, 09:00 AM
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Posted By Coquet
This map was surveyed in 1864 so rather...

This map was surveyed in 1864 so rather appropriate.
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 01-09-2014, 05:52 PM
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Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
Ah... I just clicked, wondered what that was on...

Ah... I just clicked, wondered what that was on about - that building was the Warkworth police station at one time?
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 30-08-2014, 01:26 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
It does seem to have had more than its fair share...

It does seem to have had more than its fair share of tragedies over the years.
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 30-08-2014, 08:41 AM
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Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
Re HMS Surly. When the Duke died in February...

Re HMS Surly.

When the Duke died in February 1865, in the funeral procession were men and officers of the Surly.

Morpeth Herald refers: ............ A striking group amongst the persons...
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 30-08-2014, 08:26 AM
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Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
Morpeth Herald 26 November 1864 FATAL...

Morpeth Herald 26 November 1864

FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR AMBLE.
On Friday last, J. J. Hardy, Esq , coroner, held an inquest at the Wellwood Arms, Amble, on the bodies of James Milmo, George Watson,...
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 29-08-2014, 08:15 PM
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Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
I see the Ship's Books, two volumes, have...

I see the Ship's Books, two volumes, have survived for HMS Surly and are at the National Archives (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1742107). Depending of course on how long the...
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 29-08-2014, 07:47 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
This stone relates to a Coquet tragedy but is a...

This stone relates to a Coquet tragedy but is a difficult one to read, has a nice thick coat of lichen to keep off prying eyes! Anyway, it starts:



In affectionate remembrance of William...
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 16-08-2014, 10:56 AM
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Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
The mother's middle name is of course (I can see...

The mother's middle name is of course (I can see it now clear as day) "Wigham".
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 16-08-2014, 10:42 AM
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Posted By Coquet
I'm pleased I bashed on with that, rather than...

I'm pleased I bashed on with that, rather than consign it to the too hard basket! (nearly did)
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 16-08-2014, 10:41 AM
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Posted By Coquet
Wow! ...

Wow!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wigham_Richardson


That's a historically significant brother Edward has there.
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 16-08-2014, 10:39 AM
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Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
That's a help. Looking at the other photo I can...

That's a help. Looking at the other photo I can now see 'Jane'. The word I've highlighted in blue must be her middle name.

[transcription now edited above]
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 16-08-2014, 10:15 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
I'm beginning to doubt my reading of the father's...

I'm beginning to doubt my reading of the father's christian name as I can't find this family in the 81 or 91 census.
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 16-08-2014, 10:07 AM
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Posted By Coquet
Probate. (Wealth from shipbuilding in the family?)

Probate. (Wealth from shipbuilding in the family?)
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 16-08-2014, 10:02 AM
Replies: 39
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Posted By Coquet
Edward is in the death column of a London...

Edward is in the death column of a London newspaper, published on the 30th April. Looks like they have the date death as the 28th when the stone says 27.

no more info found.
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 16-08-2014, 09:13 AM
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Posted By Coquet
Gorping at these photos for hours I've come up...

Gorping at these photos for hours I've come up with:


......memory of Edward Richardson, eldest son of Edward Richardson, and of Jane Wigham his wife, formerly of Beech ........ Newcastle upon...
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 09-08-2014, 04:51 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
You're right. I was too much of a heathen to...

You're right. I was too much of a heathen to recognise it. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTucuHFDzvk

Must have had some money for such a grand monument anyway. I'm sure we will have heard...
Forum: Warkworth and Birling 09-08-2014, 12:28 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 30,122
Posted By Coquet
Warkworth Transcription Challenge.

There is a Sarcophagus type grave in Warkworth cemetery (beach road cemetery, not the churchyard) which has me defeated.

Been back for a second look, still none the wiser. The text is a gothic...
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