Scotland Gate

[Craclyn]

If you want to know more about that area then you might find this book interesting:
Images of England - Bedlingtonshire. Compiled by Evan Martin.
ISBN 0-7524-0784-8
Only one pic of Scotland Gate but lots more of the area.

[lazytee]

Many thanks, Craclyn, the book sounds very interesting.  I shall try and obtain a copy through my local library.

Regards,

Hazel

[jrd1955]

For the user who began this topic.
Scotland Gate, Choppington, got its name as in the old days the farmers had names for their fields.
Now when they came to build the field was called "Scotland" and hense the gateway to "Scotland"
Scotland Gate.
I am a historian born at 61 East Gate, Scotland Gate, my grandparents house, and as you would expect have a vast ammount of interest in Choppington.
I am also the secretary of the Sixtownships Community History Group and at our website www.sixtownships.org.uk you can find so much about Choppington and many more ares including Bedlington, Tyneside, Durham and more. There is also a forum . Have a look and there are many pics too. Enjoy and if you need any help l;et me or the members know, only too pleased to help.

[lazytee]

Hello JRD!

Very many thanks for your reply about Scotland Gate.  It's nice to hear from some one who knows the area really well.

Thanks also for the link to the Six Townships website.  I had a quick browse and feel sure I will be using it quite a bit in the future.

I wonder if you can help me with another query about Scotland Gate.  A FH correspondent of mine asked me whether I knew the location of Rose Villa in Scotland Gate, but I couldn't help.  His grandparents lived there in 1901, and he had tried to find it on old maps, but had had no success.  Do you know from your local knowledge where it was situated?

Best wishes,

Hazel.

[jrd1955]

Is it Roseville ?
There is Francisville and further up Roseville , opposite St Pauls Church.
Hope this helps

[jrd1955]

Hazel i went to school at Scotland Gate and got grand-kids there now.
However, before Mrs Blyth took over as head, i visited the old headmaster then. Now he let me and a fellow friend with a keen interest in our locality, read the old school record books as i was interested in the Zeppelin Raid during WW1 at Choppington. I saw the comments on it and really enjoyed some early reports on other matters concerning the school. This was about 1999.
Now when he retired i only assume he took all the records with him. Mrs Hilda Blyth aint seen them. I wonder if he donated them to the archives ?
If not i may chase this up if he is alive or indeed any family and see if i can find out. They were so interesting. There was lots of old school pics too, but sadly none for my years there. Maybe contact some of my old school friends for class pics as my parents couldnt afford them. Just got the odd one of me and me brother at school.

[lazytee]

Thanks for your swift reply to my query, JRD. I think the house my friend is looking for probably is Roseville, though he remembers it as Rose Villa.  I will pass on this information to him, and maybe at some stage he will be able to pop by and check.

Thank you also for the info about the Scotland Gate school records.  I think that my grandmother must have attended there in about 1874/5.  After that the family moved up to Sheepwash Bank.  Was there a separate school there, or would she have had to walk to Scotland Gate?

Cheers,

Hazel.

[jrd1955]

If he was at Sheepwash as a boy he would have gone to scotland gate school.
i got lots of old pics from school those days showing the kids i will get them on our website this week.
regards
john

[lazytee]

Looking forward to seeing the old photos etc. on  the Six Townships website soon.

Many thanks,

Hazel