Searching Family History (Putters Buildings Scotland Gate Bedlington 1910) & (Domestic Servants 1910 Bedlington)

[Harry.T.S]

I'm looking for some help if anyone can help me. I've been doing my family history and I've hit a roadblock now that has led me here. I have just got a copy of a birth certificate for my great-grandfather that shows his mother lived at Putters Buildings, Scotland Gate Beddlington, 1910, and she was a domestic servant. This is where it might turn shocking, on birth certificate it only has the mother's name and maiden surname and the baby was giving mother's maiden name as no father's name was put on certificate so I'm thinking she got pregnant with her employers baby as that was common in them times or it was someone else baby.

Does anyone know anything about Putters Buildings, Scotland Gate Beddlington 1910 and anything about domestic servants working in the Scotland Gate or Beddlington area?

[Canny lass]

I don't know the area so well but I've never heard of Putters Buildings in Scotland Gate. Could it be Rutters Buildings - which did exist in the area? Handwriting ob certificates can be misleading. If you've recently obtained the certificate i has been transcribed from old documents which can be difficult to read.

[Harry.T.S]

You are right, it is Rutters Building as I thought it was Putters with way it was transcribed. Do you know anything about Rutter's Buildings?

[Canny lass]

Hi @Harry.T.S,  welcome to the forum. As I said I’m not too familiar with the area but Rutters Buildings starts to appear on maps at some point between 1866 and 1896. It was a long row of housing lining the main road at Scotland Gate (between Choppington and Guide Post). In the 19 11 census there were 15 families living in Rutters Buildings. 13 of them were living in just 2 rooms and the remaining 2 families had 3 rooms each. There were some big families so living conditions for most were cramped, to say the least. Rutters buildings was located between the methodist church at the north end and the Kings Arms public house which adjoined the terrace at its southern end. You can see it on this map from 1924 which is the earliest on which I find its name but there may be others.

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Canny lass

[Harry.T.S]

Thank you, this map and information are very helpful to understand a bit more of the area and how many families were in the area at this time. It slowly unlocks the mystery behind this one part of the family tree. 

[Canny lass]

@Harry.T.S Do you know if your great great grandmother was still at Rutters Buildings after the birth? Would you like to share her name with me so that I can find her?

[Harry.T.S]

She was still there looking at the records, and all I got is her name, nothing else about her, and I private messaged you the name.