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My ancestor James Dewar said he was a native of Ladykirk when having children baptised in Newcastle (well done, that Prince Bishop!) But the relevant page (about 1759) is missing from the register there so I shall never know who his parents were.
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Hi R
osalind A very interesting piece of REAL history.
Was James a Prince Bishop? Not on the list!
One of the adverts for CO Durham had
LAND OF THE PRINCE
BISHOPS
Two categories presumably!!!!!
Hope your enjoying the return of winter Kind Regs
Thea(o)

No, James was a gardener and publican! But because of that one Prince Bishop, around 1790-1810 (those dates are a guess) the gentleman who was said that entries in parish registers had to record where people came from. So when numbers 7 and 8 of his children were baptised in Newcastle, James had next to his name "native of the parish of Ladykirk". Though why a Presbyterian minister regarded himself as bound by anything a Prince Bishop decreed, I do not know.
My asparagus doesn't seem to know it's winter
R