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A pavilion?
Seems to be just at the back of the academy, according to this map (use the transparency slider to see where it was).
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Possibly the residence referred to in this:
Whitburn baptisms & burials 1813-1852 | Durham Records Online
The other thing I noticed from that map is that the beach at Seaburn is named Whitburn Sands.
Aren't those side by side maps just great?
Yeah, I had another look and I think the Blue House is too far away.You've gone further back than I did. In the 1949-70 map it seems to the pavilion on the playing fields of Seaburn School. All the other points of reference tally with the photo.
Best viewed as an overlay, not side by side
Aren't those side by side maps just great?
Amazing some of the stuff you can find out
Best viewed as an overlay, not side by side
I also like this site.They're incredible. A few years ago we were living in a property that had a terrible problem with damp. Looked on one of the 19th century maps and discovered we were living where there'd once been a village pond.
FFS - forgot to post the linkI also like this site.
You may know this, but if you register to it, you can zoom into the photos.
Obviously they're old photographs so not always the best quality - interesting though all the same.
Everything to the north of cut throat dene was Whitburn. Basically Seaburn beach was Whitburn beach. The only part of the beach that belonged Fulwell/Seaburn was south of cut throat dene to Parson's rocks.The other thing I noticed from that map is that the beach at Seaburn is named Whitburn Sands.
Never knew that. The map I posted shows the parliamentary boundary there, so that makes sense. I see it's still marked as Whitburn Sands/Whitburn Bay in the more recent map you posted (in which that particular part is from 1966).Everything to the north of cut throat dene was Whitburn. Basically Seaburn beach was Whitburn beach. The only part of the beach that belonged Fulwell/Seaburn was south of cut throat dene to Parson's rocks.
It's still called Whitburn bay now, I just think locally it's known as Seaburn beach.Never knew that. The map I posted shows the parliamentary boundary there, so that makes sense. I see it's still marked as Whitburn Sands/Whitburn Bay in the more recent map you posted (in which that particular part is from 1966).