My neighbour's ancestors by the name of GREENER were miners in the Seghill, Seaton Delaval area of Northumberland.
One living there says on the 1851 to 1881 censuses that his birthplace was Durham county and on the respective pages it looks like :
"Colaknuckle"; Rochester; "Cadknockles"; "Caldknockles".
I have found a Rochester but it is in Northumberland and I cannot see anything resembling the other place in either county. Perhaps you have a contact in the area who would be able to hear it as it might have been said who could throw some light on it?
My neighbour has no idea; his father came down south in the thirties as a youth to get employment.
Regards
Trevor
My Gidman one-name study web site is www.tgidman.co.uk
08 February 2009
My patience has been rewarded - Tricia Turner could only have found that query on your site and she has almost certainly identified it as Coldknuckle just south of Sherburn near Durham -see http://www.geocities.com/waggonways/nz/30/nz3045.html
From: Trevor Gidman
Sent: 27 July 2013 20:51
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Hello Fionn,
In 2007 you had a query about a place called Colaknuckle or similar in Durham where a family called Greener lived.
On 8th Feb 2009 you had a reply from Tricia Turner, see above.
My neighbour then was and now is a Tony Greener; I had been looking at his family history.
I passed on what I had found and thought that was the end of the matter.
Today 27 July 2013 Tony had a gathering of Greener people. Amongst his guests was Tricia, living in Norfolk, and he invited me around to meet her. It would seem your site was vital for Tony to find out where he came from.
Thank you.
Regards,
Trevor
My Gidman one-name study web site is www.tgidman.co.uk
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