I have been researching my family tree for several years now. My maternal grandmothers side of the family are the "Rutters". StuR posted a picture of the Queens Head as it was back in the day. William Rutter is the publican with his name above the door. He was my 3x great grand uncle. The 1891 census has his occupation listed as Inn Keeper, Guidepost. Many of the Rutters of later generations had either occupations as coal miners or as publicans. George William Rutter (my Great great Grandfather) was the Social Club Manager (circa 1907) of "The German House" as it was known, and his son Edward Rutter (known as Ned), was a Club Steward in 1911. In 1925 Ned was the Publican at the Dun Cow in Bedlington and then between 1929 and 1938 is listed in Kelly's Trade Directory as Publican at the Railway Hotel, Choppington. Can anyone confirm were Rutters Buildings named after the Rutter family, and if so why - had they financed them?
