Origins ...

Discovering that the Walkers came from Norfolk was quite a surprise! They are unique in my family as they are the only ancestral line which was not drawn to the North East by the burgeoning demands of the industrial revolution - at least not directly.

It's likely that Robert Walker, my Great Great Grandfather, was a contract gardener who travelled to the North East to cater to the whims of the newly wealthy industrialists many of whom either built anew or purchased and refurbished country homes in rural Co. Durham and Northumberland.