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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #198 on: Wednesday 16 December 15 17:55 GMT (UK) »
I shall defer to local knowledge, but research I have just done on various maps shows that this part of town was not even built and did not show on the 1895 map!

On the 1897 map, all of the area between Turner Street and Renwick / Morpeth Road was developed, and a school was built upon the site.

On the 1922 map the term school was no longer in use, but the building there, possibly a different one to the school, is described as 'Hall'. The outline of the building for the Hall is also different to the outline the school had, suggesting a new build.

The map of 1961 shows the Hall described as Hall (St. Mary's Church).

The 1983 map still shows the Hall as present, but the following map of 1993 shows a new building occupying the site, which I assume is the current structure.

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #199 on: Thursday 17 December 15 09:04 GMT (UK) »
I had a look on Google maps and saw that Argos is just behind St. Mary's church. There's a small haberdashery (now closed down) across the road from  the back of Argos which I remember going into in the 1990s, but can't remember what was on the Argos site at that time.
Later -  had another look and the address of Asda is given as Ebor House, then found this link:
http://louis-johnson.co.uk/assets/images/property/prop309/property.pdf
So perhaps Ebor House was demolished to build Argos?
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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #200 on: Thursday 17 December 15 17:32 GMT (UK) »
I think Ebor House must have been the original School Master's house, and the building survived the various changes over the years on that patch of land. The house was at the back of the school, between the school and St Mary's Church. After the school was demolished and the Hall built on the site, the house remained. It ended up crowded in somewhat, but shows up nicely on the 1983 map at 1:2500 scale. I am so disappointed that I have no pictures of Bowes Street or Church Street that encompass this corner of the town we are talking about.

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Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.

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« Reply #201 on: Thursday 17 December 15 17:33 GMT (UK) »
I did wonder if this photo was of the Hall, but I'm not at all sure that it is. Need one of the old timers to come forward and say for sure. I wonder if this was the corner of Bowes and Arthur Streets?

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Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.


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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #202 on: Thursday 17 December 15 17:41 GMT (UK) »
A segment of the 1897 map showing the school and the house behind it.

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Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #203 on: Thursday 17 December 15 18:04 GMT (UK) »
By the way, Ebor House still stands, somewhat hemmed in at the back of Argos. You will be able to see it on Google Maps / Earth. Just to the right of the red car behind the church.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.127245,-1.5116575,150m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

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Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.

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Northumberland; Johnson, Johnston, Dodds, Rutherford, Gray, Kennedy, Wilson, Sanderson, Davidson and other Border Marauders as they are discovered on this journey.
Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #205 on: Thursday 17 December 15 22:53 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all. From a simple question comes a mystery. I find all this fascinating.

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Re: Blyth History.
« Reply #206 on: Friday 18 December 15 01:01 GMT (UK) »
It seems the Hall, was St Mary's Church Hall, but I do not have a photo of it. I have been in touch with a local who might be able to help, but just waiting for a reply. Given it's Christmas it might take a few days coming through. Fingers crossed anyway!

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Northumberland; Johnson, Johnston, Dodds, Rutherford, Gray, Kennedy, Wilson, Sanderson, Davidson and other Border Marauders as they are discovered on this journey.
Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.