Bryan Abbs
Bryan Abbs (1771–1850) was an English landowner and magistrate for County Durham. He was involved in promoting the construction of the north dock at South Shields, and property development south of the River Tyne. Background and early life He was born on 23 April 1771, the son of the Rev. Cooper Abbs and his wife Ann. He attended the grammar school at Witton-le-Wear. He lived in Thomas Street, Monkwearmouth. In 1803 he resided at Shotley Hall, just over the Northumberland border. He moved to Cleadon in 1813. Cooper Abbs I Cooper Abbs I (1738–1800) was a son of Jeremiah Abbs of Sunderland. He was graduate (B.A. 1760) and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and married his cousin "Nanny", daughter of William Abbs of Monkwearmouth in 1764. The Cooper name came into the family from William Cooper, his great-uncle, who left him property at Cowden, East Riding of Yorkshire, Little Cowden, Yorkshire. He became a magistrate in Sunderland, where in 1785 with William Ettrick, anothe ...
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County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly â€About North East England. Retrieved 30 November 2007. The ceremonial county spawned from the historic County Palatine of Durham in 1853. In 1996, the county gained part of the abolished ceremonial county of Cleveland.Lieutenancies Act 1997
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