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Thanks for the information, a really interesting read! Glad to now know the proximity of where it was. I was surprised my ancestor was born on a farm given his father was a coal miner and the baptism said “of Bedlington colliery”. Perhaps they didn’t stay long.

I wonder if this “Granary Point Jetty” was named after Mount Pleasant Granary…? “the suggestion was taken up and the rail was completed in 1841, joining the existing wagon way at Bedlington Station, finishing up at Granary Point Jetty, East Sleekburn.” https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Bedlington_Ironworks

Thank you for the welcome 😀 I have seen that farm before, didn’t know it was called Mount Pleasant—interesting. If I remember correctly Mount Pleasant Granary appeared in the 1841 census after Sleekburn Grange and that Mount Pleasant Farm. Seems a bit strange for it to have just disappeared!

Hi, this is my first post on here. Whilst doing research I’ve discovered one of my ancestors (surname Dixon) was born in 1846 at “Mount Pleasant Granary” in Bedlington. I’ve never heard of this place before, does anyone have any idea where it was? In later censuses his birth is down as Sleekburn so maybe it was near here. All I can find on google about it is another person who was born there in 1851. Thank you 🙂