Thanks Jeff!
I did a little more digging around and found the LDN & LBN lists.
Yeah, no description, but the lists have a opacity and brightness scale, and area of the object, and these help with identifying the object in question.
As for not having the constellation the object sits in, oh well, just need to go Old School and use the coordinates!
Alex.
PS, the LDN list is MUCH more extensive than the Barnard catalogue, and certainly extends much further south.