lane end farm whitburn

robpapE2 · Post by **robpapE2** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:21 am

hello can any wandering Sanddancers help me to find where Lane End Farm was located in Whitburn ...one branch of the family tree ..William, Bell and Frances Graham were on the 1881 census as living there..but I cannot find it on any of the old local maps /gazeteers around that time with a reference to the location of said farm...It was possibly in Shields then as the boundaries keep changing( like here in Biddick Hall)

sless · Post by **sless** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:57 pm

i think it might be at the top of wellands lane

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:05 pm

At the top of Wellands Lane Sless, is Ramsay's farm which is now called Colwells when the daughter married.

Cisco

sless · Post by **sless** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:11 pm

i only tried to help the lad out

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:40 pm

It might have been Lane end farm way back in time before Ramsey's.

Cisco

para-wings · Post by **para-wings** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:07 pm

But don't get confused with Turners Farm, that's at the top of Wellands Lane as well next to Ramsays Farm. Go past Turners and Ramsays is the one you come to when you can't go any further.

sless · Post by **sless** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:14 pm

is that before all of whitburn were interbred

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:25 pm

sless wrote:is that before all of whitburn were interbred

Probably Sless, best thing thing that happened to Whitburn was been made part of South Tyneside and a few Shields people moved in to break the blood up a bit.

Cisco

sless · Post by **sless** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:26 pm

your not wrong there

baldy.smith · Post by **baldy.smith** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:02 pm

I've been looking at a map of Whitburn dated 1862 and can't find it listed anywhere. In those day Whitburn covered a large area, up to West Boldon, Cleadon Park, Brockley Whins, Biddick Hall and part of Harton.
It is interesting to note; that there were only those thee members of the Graham family living on the farm; so it must have been a very small one.
Their neighbours on the census form have addresses listed as Biddick Hall Farms, Farding Lake Farm, Cleadon Park and Reahs Lane, so take your pick as there were lots of small farms (and large ones) dotted around all over the Whitburn area. The only reference to Lane End I could find was Lane End Gate, which is pretty close to where Sunderland FC have their Academy.

para-wings · Post by **para-wings** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:16 pm

Before long, Whitburn won't exist! It's being engulfed by the surrounding areas. Cleadon is fast moving it's boundary....

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:31 pm

You're right there Para, 10 years from now that Cleadon boundary post will be sitting in the Grey Horse bar.

Cisco

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:42 pm

I obviously don't go as far back as that Baldy, the Farding Lake farm would have been at Marsden where Redwell school was, I think, hence Lake Ave and Farding Square I believe Jarrow Pete has talked about this in the past.

The farms in Whitburn now are Colwell's who have the caravan site, Turners, Henderson's and shieldie.

Cisco

village cat · Post by **village cat** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:07 pm

Cisco wrote:
sless wrote:is that before all of whitburn were interbred

Probably Sless, best thing thing that happened to Whitburn was been made part of South Tyneside and a few Shields people moved in to break the blood up a bit.

Cisco

That's a fact mind. Being from Shields originally, I am looked upon as bit of a freak around these parts, as both of my eyes are at the same height.

sless · Post by **sless** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:42 pm

i lived in whitburn for 2 years
and i got told off a person in the club
you will always be a townie
and never be accepted in the village
i said do you think i want to be classes as an inbred
you should have seen her face
hahaha

village cat · Post by **village cat** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:44 pm

sless wrote:i lived in whitburn for 2 years
and i got told off a person in the club
you will always be a townie
and never be accepted in the village
i said do you think i want to be classes as an inbred
you should have seen her face
hahaha

Bet you were devastated eh ?

I hardly know anyone around here, which suits me, and the ones I do know are fine.

sless · Post by **sless** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:49 pm

i lived at 5 cedar grove(the posh end)
hahaha

village cat · Post by **village cat** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:51 pm

sless wrote:i lived at 5 cedar grove(the posh end)
hahaha

Not far from me

I was working in number 4 only a fortnight ago, Lord Snooty

sless · Post by **sless** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:52 pm

thats the one right on the corner
there was a young lad and lass lived there when i was there

village cat · Post by **village cat** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:55 pm

sless wrote:thats the one right on the corner
there was a young lad and lass lived there when i was there

It's not the very corner one, and this couple have only recently moved in. They have escaped from Shields n'arl