Anyone got knowledge of Claypath, Durham?

[SooCatt]

Hi

I have been doing some searching on the 1911 census for my Crampton family.  I have found Margaret with three of her unmarried children in 13 Claypath, Durham.  A further 2 of her children who are married also live at 13 Claypath with their familes.  They appear on separate sheets on the census so not all in the same 'household'.

My question is what kind of property would 13 Clapath have been?  On each separate census entry it states that the family has 3 rooms.  Does this mean that each family had three rooms in a large building? 

I'd be glad of any suggestions

Thanks in advance

Susan

[Gadget]

Hi Susan


I lived there for a short while in 1967 - old terraced houses and shops/offices as far as I can recall   This link says that it is one of the oldest streets in Durham:

http://www.66claypath.co.uk/

and map:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=427613&y=542684&z=110&sv=Claypath&st=6&tl=Map+of+Claypath,+Durham,+DH1&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf


Lots of piccies if you Google Claypath and images.

Gadget

[SooCatt]

Thanks for your reply Gadget. 

I should have been a bit more specific I think, as I do know what Claypath is like now and have visited it.  My Dad spent his childhood there in the 20's-30's but unfortunately (as is always the case in family history) I never asked him about it while he was alive.
I think the part where No 13 was is where the 'new' library is now and was probably gone long before that with the building of the road across the river.

What I was really after was an idea of what the premises were like in the early part of last century because I'm a bit confused by the way the 1911 census is presented.  I can't tell if all my separate Crampton families are all piled into the same three rooms or if each separate page represents 3 rooms. (Does that make sense?)

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

Susan

[Gadget]

Are they on seperate census sheets as separate households?  If so, it might well be that there were three rooms on each floo r and the house itself would be classed as multi occupied.

(I'll see if i can work it out)


Gadget 

Added - will PM you 

[Gadget]

In 1901, there were 13 seperate households in Number 13 Claypath including 2 seperate Crampton families. Each household appears to have between 1 and 4 rooms.


Gadget

[SooCatt]

Thanks Gadget (got your PM too)
I know families did pack into small spaces but it did seem an awful lot to pack into 3 rooms! 

I'm thinking that they must have been quite large buildings separated into smaller dwellings. A lot of my various Crampton families lived in that area.  Even seeming to swap dwellings sometimes. It's time I did some local history research.  I'm going to do some searching and see if I can come up with some old photos.

Thanks for your time 

Susan

[Adamand]

Hello Susan. As well as posting monumental inscriptions for most of Wear Valley I do have some records for Durham City.
They are for a baptism for Crampton 1862 plus deaths for the same name in the late 1800's.
You can have them if they are of any use.

Adam

[SooCatt]

Hi Adam

Thanks for that.  I do have quite a lot of info on the Cramptons in Durham but I'm always happy to get more as they are almost all related.  I'll PM you with my e-mail address and will be most grateful for anything that you are happy to share.

Thanks again

Susan

[hippie]

 :Hello,
Perhaps I can help.
I was born at 13 Claypath 1947, my entire family lived there.
It was a tenement property and also had rooms on the first floor up above a clothes shop (Billy Bowey). The rooms were built arouun a square courtyard and it was commonly called "the yard", the rooms were without hot water and eveything wa cooked on an open fire.
The tax office is now sited at 13 Claypath (or it was the last time I visited
hippieyankie