Families of Wearside & County Durham
Sunderland and the prince-bishop's palatinate, pit villages, the cathedral city, and the surnames of the Durham coalfield.
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Families seated in Wearside & County Durham
- RobinsonSon of Robin, the Danelaw's favourite -son, and the first woman President of Ireland.
- ThompsonThe northern Thomases.
- CookThe cook.
- RichardsonSon of Richard.
- JacksonSon of Jack, the industrial north's signature.
- MillerThe miller, water and wind before steam.
- ReedThe marsh edge, or ruddy jest.
- SimpsonSimon's son, Tyne to Tees, and the Edinburgh obstetrician of chloroform.
- FosterThe forester's shortening.
- GibsonGib's son, industrial northeast.
- ChapmanThe merchant, fair and street.
- WilkinsonSon of little William, the northern patronymic that bored Watt's cylinders.
- HartAt the sign of the hart.
- DixonSon of Dick, a Borders patronymic.
- AtkinsonSon of Atkin, a name from the northern dales.
Historic ties to Wearside & County Durham
Families with historic but not core ground here.