Double Row, Bedlington

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

The reason I was searching for Double Row was the Barrington group were trying to establish how the rows, in Barrington, got their name. My 'fuzzy' memory came up with a thread that said I had been told (think it was by an uncle that married a lass from Barrington) that Double Row was the pit row that had an extra, 2 instead of 1, room down stairs. Searche on here just in case the explanation for the name was in one of HPW's stories.

Bedlington 'A' pit had North Row to the north of the pit and South Row to the South. Shop Row I assume had a shop but never new one in my time, 1953-60, passing and playing in that row when I went to Barrington school.

 As you note 3g the naming of the Dr Pit - New South Row - doesn't appear to be logical. Do any of the old Dr Pit rows have a logic, that can be proved, to their names?

Shiney Row - Doctor Terrace - Telephone Row - New South Row - Cross Row & North Terrace.0

Barrington rows - the thoughts on the first rows built - those on the an 1859 :-

1) Chapel Row - was that because of the chapel? 

2) Blacsmiths Row - was that where the Blacksmiths were housed?

3) School Row - next to the original school in the village? 

4) Stone Row - ?

5) Double Row - was that because they had extra rooms, or just because it ran parallel with Chapel Row?

Then the next rows to be built, on a 1924 map :-

6) Victoria Row - after Queen Victoria?

7) Alexandra Row - after Princess Alexandra of Denmark ?

8) Freehold Row - ??

9) Railway Row - next to the railway?

10) Middle Row - it wasn't in the middle of Barrington but between Railway

and finally

11) Office Row - was that where the white & blue collar pit workers were housed, next to the pit managers house?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Edited September 23, 2016 by Eggy1948

[Liz Moore]

Hi Everyone,     My Ancestor George Thompson born 1839 was a coal miner and he his address in the 1881 Census was Double Row, Bedlington, Northumberland.  

I found those photo's fascinating.  I'd like to have a copy if anyone has one.

Thanks

Liz Moore  Australia 

Edited July 5, 2019 by Liz Moore

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

On 05/07/2019 at 10:03, Liz Moore said:

Hi Everyone,     My Ancestor George Thompson born 1839 was a coal miner and he his address in the 1881 Census was Double Row, Bedlington, Northumberland.  

I found those photo's fascinating.  I'd like to have a copy if anyone has one.

Thanks

Liz Moore  Australia 

@Liz Moore - any member of this group, when signed in, can take a copy aof any of the photos that are posted within this group. 

I don't use a handheld/mobile device but from my PC, using the mouse, if you left click on the image it enlarges and then if you right click the system gives you a number of options of which one is 'Save image' and selecting that option you get the option to name the file the system is about to download to your device.

If you would prefer the info emailed to you then the best way, so as not to broadcast your email address etc. to the rest of the world is to send a Personal Message, by selecting the envelope logo at the top right of the page you can send a personal message to me - Alan Edgar (Eggy 1948) - with your email address and I will email you whatever info you request that is available on this site.   .

That small photo of Double Row, Barrington, is the only one I can remember having seen on this group but there is at least one on the Facebook group -  Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!!

 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@Liz Moore - photos from the facebook group - Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!!

Double Row

and the outside toilet (Nettie) and coal shed (coal cree)

This is a photo of one of the other rows in Barrington with the same setup - back lane/road; outside toilet and coal shed.

Edited July 9, 2019 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Liz Moore]

Thanks so much for all your help.  Alan Edgar.  The photo's are wonderful. 

Liz Moore

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

12 hours ago, Liz Moore said:

Thanks so much for all your help.  Alan Edgar.  The photo's are wonderful. 

Liz Moore

@Liz Moore - have you download copies of the photos?

I found this extract (don't know what book it was taken from) on the Facebook group -  Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!! 

 

 

Edited July 10, 2019 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@Liz Moore - forgot to mention there is a site that might be of some help in your research = The Durham Mining Museum site. It lists info on all the mines in the Northumberland and Durham counties.

This is a link to the page on the Barrington colliery and then an extract from the Barrington Colliery page :-

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b035.htm

Edited July 10, 2019 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Liz Moore]

11 hours ago, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

@Liz Moore - have you download copies of the photos?

I found this extract (don't know what book it was taken from) on the Facebook group -  Barrington, Barnt' n  memories and stuff!! 

 

 

Thank You  

[7RIrF]

On 23/09/2016 at 13:32, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

The reason I was searching for Double Row was the Barrington group were trying to establish how the rows, in Barrington, got their name. My 'fuzzy' memory came up with a thread that said I had been told (think it was by an uncle that married a lass from Barrington) that Double Row was the pit row that had an extra, 2 instead of 1, room down stairs. Searche on here just in case the explanation for the name was in one of HPW's stories.

Bedlington 'A' pit had North Row to the north of the pit and South Row to the South. Shop Row I assume had a shop but never new one in my time, 1953-60, passing and playing in that row when I went to Barrington school.

 As you note 3g the naming of the Dr Pit - New South Row - doesn't appear to be logical. Do any of the old Dr Pit rows have a logic, that can be proved, to their names?

Shiney Row - Doctor Terrace - Telephone Row - New South Row - Cross Row & North Terrace.0

Barrington rows - the thoughts on the first rows built - those on the an 1859 :-

1) Chapel Row - was that because of the chapel? 

2) Blacsmiths Row - was that where the Blacksmiths were housed?

3) School Row - next to the original school in the village? 

4) Stone Row - ?

5) Double Row - was that because they had extra rooms, or just because it ran parallel with Chapel Row?

Then the next rows to be built, on a 1924 map :-

6) Victoria Row - after Queen Victoria?

7) Alexandra Row - after Princess Alexandra of Denmark ?

8) Freehold Row - ??

9) Railway Row - next to the railway?

10) Middle Row - it wasn't in the middle of Barrington but between Railway

and finally

11) Office Row - was that where the white & blue collar pit workers were housed, next to the pit managers house?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Hello,

Could you tell me how you found this particular map on the NLS website, as I would like to have a look at it, but I can't find it and struggle to use the website.

James

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

21 minutes ago, 7RIrF said:

Hello,

Could you tell me how you found this particular map on the NLS website, as I would like to have a look at it, but I can't find it and struggle to use the website.

James

James - when i first  discovered the NLS site I remeber it took me a while, and a lot of trial and error to work my way through the menus to get to the area = Bedlington I was looking for.

To save me the hassle of trying to remeber how i finally got to the Bedlingtonshire area maps I 'bookmarked' the page I was at within my Google chrome search so now i always go to the same place and start from there if I am checking on anywhere else in the area.

This is the Bookmark link I saved so you should be able to save it into your search engine :- 

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=13.0&lat=55.13580&lon=-1.64090&layers=102&b=1&z=0&point=55.1326,-1.5691 

Using this as a starting point your can see down the right of the screen the maps, with the years that are available, so you can select/click on one and zoom into the particular area you are after.

Hope that helps

Eggy

[7RIrF]

Thank you very much!

James

[7RIrF]

On 23/09/2016 at 13:32, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

Barrington rows - the thoughts on the first rows built - those on the an 1859 :-

1) Chapel Row - was that because of the chapel? 

2) Blacsmiths Row - was that where the Blacksmiths were housed?

3) School Row - next to the original school in the village? 

4) Stone Row - ?

5) Double Row - was that because they had extra rooms, or just because it ran parallel with Chapel Row?

Then the next rows to be built, on a 1924 map :-

6) Victoria Row - after Queen Victoria?

7) Alexandra Row - after Princess Alexandra of Denmark ?

😎 Freehold Row - ??

9) Railway Row - next to the railway?

10) Middle Row - it wasn't in the middle of Barrington but between Railway

and finally

11) Office Row - was that where the white & blue collar pit workers were housed, next to the pit managers house?  

Hello,

On the census for 1901, there is a "Wood Row".... was this Barrington?

As the street mentioned before "Wood Row" is Chapel Row.

The streets mentioned after "Wood Row" are Double Row, Office Row, New Single Row (Possibly Victoria or Alexandra) and Freehold Row.

So it must have been in Barrington, no? As the other Rows match Barrington. It appears there are 16 families living at "Wood Row" on the 1901 census.

Many thanks,

James

Edited June 8 by 7RIrF

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@7RIrF don't recall seeing Wood Row on any of the old maps or of anyone mentioning Wood Row in Barrington

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@7RIrF The 1896 map doesn't have any names on the rows.

 

The 1920 map has the names but can't see a Wood Row. There is a Blacksmiths Row and a School Row that you have not mentioned from the 1901 census.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@7RIrF - searched this group for "Wood Row" and it gets a mention in a History Hollow topic 'Barrington' started in 2007.

This is @Cympil's comment :-

And this is a link back to that topic on Barrington that is six pages long :-  

 

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

@7RIrF using the info @Cympil obtained from the genealogy site and the old maps I would be speculating that Old Wood Row (and any other wooden rows) was replace by School Row.

The oldest map I can find is for 1858 and none of the rows on that map are named. I have added an extract from a 1921 map showing the brick rows that were built where the wooden rows used to be.

 In Cympils comment on the Barrington topic he notes he got the info from 'here' but that direct link no longer works. this was the direct link :- http://www.fynesg.freeserve.co.uk/Genealogy/The Mining Communities of Victorian Northumberland.htm

 

Edited June 8 by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

[Canny lass]

@7RIrF Hi James, Wood Row was located between Double Row and Chapel Row in Barrington Colliery. That part of the 1901 census you posted shows schedule numbers 127 – 130. If you move a long a few pages to schedule nr 143 (still on Wood Street) you’ll see that the Post Office was situated in that house (probably looked after by the lady of the house, Marg. Ross).

This bit of info makes it easier to identify Wood Street on the 1898 map which Eggy posted above as the post office is clearly marked PO. On the map from 1924 Wood Row no longer exists - probably demolished because of its deplorable state.

 

Edited June 8 by Canny lass

[Canny lass]

Eggy, I see you had a question earlier about how the pit rows were named. My experience in researching the pit villages has shown that many of them have three names in common: Wood Row, Stone Row, Brick Row and the explanation, I believe, is that there weren't any 'official' street names until postal services were developed. Originally one row of wooden houses sufficed for the small pits and it had no name. Wood was cheap and houses could be quickly erected. Later, as production expanded, more houses were needed and a new row was built - in stone. Residents distinguished their place of abode as either the wood row or the stone row. Later houses were built of brick and these were referred to as the brick row. When postal addresses were introduced these names became 'official'. It's a pattern seen in many many collieries.

[7RIrF]

Thank you both very much! That clears it up.

James