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BishopWearmouth, Sunderland - High Barnes Institut

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Angel

Angel Report 24 Jun 2009 10:10

One of my relatives was a patient in High Barnes Institute, BishopWearmouth, Sunderland in 1891. I have googled it but can't find out what type of Instituition it was.

Does anone have any knowledge of it or can you point me in the right direction to find out please?

Deanna

Deanna Report 24 Jun 2009 14:21

Hi TOOTSIE,
I looked it up and found some things on it.

It seems to have been a mining village, so if you put all that info you have into the search engine as I did... it will come up.
I put in;
High Barnes Institute' Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland 1890's

Try that.
I have not read it yet but it looks interesting and I would like to read it.
I had relatives in those days who lived in BISHOP AUCKLAND and worked in mines.
i might just learn something too.
I hope this is a help.
Deanna X

Angel

Angel Report 25 Jun 2009 21:10

Hi Deanna,

Thanks so much for your reply.

i had already googled it and found out about the area but I can''t actually find out exactly what the institute was for.

However, in googling I found a website called www.institutions.org.uk which lists all the institutions (prisons, reform schools, asylums etc) that were in existence throughout the country at 1901. It was quite interesting and will probably come in handy to evryone researching their family at some time.

I've also looked at the mining village info and that's quite good as it lists people who died in the pits and what happened to cause their deaths. It gets addictive doing ancestry research - I'm finding there just aren't enough hours in the day.

Thanks again for your help.