THEN
View down Long Lonnen, over the River Wear, to Low Barmston Farm - 1960s

( Displayed here Courtesy of Sunderland Antiquarian Society - Holders of the George Edwards Archive. )

NOW
Updated View of The George Edwards Picture

The Durham to Sunderland Railway passed over Long Lonnen at 'Railway Crossing Cottage'.
1st Station, left:  Coxgreen   -   1st Station, right:  South Hylton

( Photographer: Keith Cockerill - April 2022 )

NOW
View from Long Lonnen, over the River Wear, to Low Barmston Farm

( Photographer: James Gill - 15th October 2018 )

THEN
William & John Stothard Potts at Low Barmston Farm, on the north bank of the River Wear, east of the Wildfowl Centre

John was Jean's grandfather, William was his cousin, but the Potts Family never farmed at Low Barmston.
The farmer was Davy Smith.  Low Barmston Farm was built between 1840 and 1856.

( See Map below. )

NOW
Jean, formerly of High Barmston Farm, emulating her grandfather's picture at Low Barmston Farm (c. 2011)

( A massive Thank You to Jean Potts for her photographs, guidance, local knowledge and permission to pass on her memories. )

Note Long Lonnen which still runs south-east from the River Wear, uphill to Offerton Village.

( Lonnen: Old Geordie word for Lane.  Haugh: a piece of flat land formed by river deposits. )