Longbenton, Front Street, Old School House (Rutter's School)

HER Number:
11412

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, Front Street, Old School House (Rutter's School)

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
School House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Old School House (Rutter's School) and Stackyard Lonnen stood on the site now occupied by Pearson's Garage, opposite the Ship Inn in 1791. Shown on an old engraving.

Easting:
2751

Northing:
6854

Grid Reference:
NZ27516854

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 38; engraving shown on http://ih1.redbubble.net; www.douglaskay.co.uk/stbarts/history.html; Samuel Smiles, 1862, Lives of the Engineers with an account of their principal works, Vol 3, page 60 (includes engraving by RP Leitch); Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, St. Bartholomew's School, Benton - Archaeological Assessment