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I've just done a search on Hauxwell and Crossgate and found the passage below. It gives George Hauxwell as the owner. I got the name Robert (one of his sons) from the drain cover outside my house!) Mike "Atherton Street dates from the 1860s but parts of the street adjoining North Road were demolished in 1970. "In times gone by, Atherton Street was principally famed as the home of Hauxwell's Iron Foundry and Engineering Works, one of the best known firms in the city. Situated at number 8 Atherton Street, the firm was established by George Hauxwell, who was born at Great Ayton in about 1826. He moved north from Yarm, near Stockton, and established his works in Durham, near the viaduct around 1860. In the 1870s, the firm acquired a rival foundry belonging to the Coulsons in the neighbouring street of Crossgate. "In his later years, Hauxwell's three sons, William, Robert and George junior, assisted George in the business and the firm came to be known as George Hauxwell and Sons. By the time of the 1881 census, when George described himself as an iron founder and engine maker, the firm employed 22 men and eight boys, so it was a relatively small concern. Most of the foundry workers seem to have lived in the Crossgate area of the city. "Over the years, Hauxwells was involved in all kinds of industrial activities, as colliery engineers, millwrights, iron founders, farriers, heating engineers and welders. One particular legacy of the firm was its manhole covers that can still be seen across Durham today. George Hauxwell became a JP and alderman in Durham and died in 1897, but his firm continued to operate during the 20th Century. The building that housed the old foundry was unfortunately a part of Atherton Street that underwent demolition about 1970. "The demolitions, which also affected some houses in neighbouring Sutton Street were necessary to make way for the new roads connected to the Castle Chare and North Road roundabout. A new section of Sutton Street that forms part of the A690 runs parallel to the viaduct and cuts through the old iron foundry site near the roundabout." On 7 Jun 2007, at 07:24, John Shoebridge wrote: > Hi All > > Here in NSW Australia we have come across a letter related to the > ordering of tram wheels and tram plates from the Cross Gate > Foundry at Newcastle on Tyne...Is there by any chance anyone in our > group who can shed more light on this manufacturer ??.. of whom it > was said:- "They cast the best metal and have the best tradesmen" > > Regards > John