DITCHBURN ANCESTRY SITE

COMPILED BY ROBIN DITCHBURN

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It is probable that all families with the name Ditchburn originated in the area around the farmsteads of East and West Ditchburn in the county of Northumberland in the north of England. Ditchburns are recorded as owning 'Ditchburn' in the middle ages. In the 17th century Ditchburns are registered as living and working at West Ditchburn. My own family tree has been traced back to a Ditchburn who farmed in West Ditchburn.

Partly in an attempt to determine whether it is true that all present-day Ditchburns originate in this part of Northumberland I have undertaken a One-Name Study

This site was last updated on 197th June 2005
 
 

 

 This old mill-wheel sign marks the entrance to the farm of West Ditchburn in Northumberland.

 

The Ditchburn web-site includes: 

• maps showing the position of the Ditchburn farmsteads and other places associated with Ditchburns in Northumberland
• Photographs and text about West Ditchburn
• Photographs and text about East Ditchburn
• Tree of Medieval Ditchburns; and records of later Ditchburns who lived and/or worked at West Ditchburn  
• Early Ditchburns living in areas near to the Ditchburn farmsteads in the 17th and 18th centuries.
• Features of my own family tree 
• Other surnames on my family Tree
• An assessment of the worldwide distribution of Ditchburnspast and present. 
• Information about my One-name Study of Ditchburns

  Link to Ditchburn DNA study

   

  Feel free to e-mail me at robin.ditchburn@zetnet.co.uk