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?

Searching for info on the Barrington Double Row I noticed this old posting on 'Double Row - Bedlington'. Double Row, Bedlington never appears on any of the old maps that search - http://maps.nls.uk/ New South Row first appears on the 1921 map and the only reason I could guess at the names is because South Row already existed at the 'A' pit, Bedlington Station. South Row, although not named until the 1921 map, is drawn on the 1858 & 1896 maps. Was there a Double Row at the Doctor Pit ?