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Sheet 96 Plan 2 Parish of Ovingham

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Street House	Street House	Mr. Donkin	adjoining Wylam	A respectable House, the
	Street House	Mr. Lawson	Wagon Way	Dwelling house being in the
	Street House	Mr. Oliver		Ph of Heddon on the Wall &
				the outhouses in this Parish

High Streethouse	High Streethouse	Mr Donkin	4 chains West of	A small mean cottage
	High Streethouse	Mr Lawson	Street House	remarkable for being the
	High Streethouse	Mr. Oliver		birth place of Geo. Stephenson
				the celebrated Engineer

Wylam Colliery	Wylam Colliery	Mr Donkin	20 chains S. W. by West	One of the Coal Pits
(Ann Pit)	(Ann Pit)		of High Street house	belonging to & included in
	Wylam Colliery	Mr. Lawson		Wylam Colliery
	(Ann Pit)
	Wylam Colliery	Mr Oliver
	(Ann Pit)

Dicky’s Bank	Dicky’s Bank	Mr. Donkin	South West of	A steep Bank in two Arable
	Dicky’s Bank	Mr. Lawson	Rift Dean	fields (the name is derived from
	Dicky’s Bank	Mr. Oliver		an old proprietor whose
				Christian Name was Richard
				abbreviated Dicky)

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Transcribed by DP