Quote Originally Posted by mudd View Post
Welcome back.

My Grandfather immigrated from Newcastle Upon Tyne. His Father and Grandfather were from a town named Allenhead or Allendale, somewhere in that area. They were all coal miners.
Hi Mudd,

Allenhead and Allendale are very close to each other so it could be either. South West of a small Northumberland town called Hexham. Lots of Roman history around those parts including the Roman Wall which was built right across the country to keep the Scots OUT!!! No such luck these days lol.

There used to be mining, but no more. The whole industry has disappeared completely in recent years.

Al