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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Northumberland => Topic started by: Dorothy M. Walker on Friday 11 March 16 02:45 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone help, I did come across a message way back in 2011 regarding this topic. I am in New Zealand but found out my grand mother was living in the Munition Cottages in 1924 when she baptized my father at Scotswood Methodist Church.
I would love any hints, links or general information on where these cottages were and what they were like - does anyone know the address I would have to put in to find them on the 1939 register on Findmypast?
Or where I can get any images of them or of the Scotswood Methodist Church.
Thanks
Dorothy
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Welcome to rootschat.
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1924/jan/21/munition-cottages-newcastle-upon-tyne
http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/739131/
I expect that you have seen these.
Richard
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No I have not, so thank you will go and look at them now.
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familysearch.org has the records of Scotswood Methodist Church
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1202990?availability=Family%20History%20Library
It was in two locations -he is one of them
http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/detailfs?userid={58E08A8B-ADBC-42C8-A4E0-97D0D715519A}&ndx=0&slideshow=0&AlbumId={8D1FD826-E6D3-463A-A394-6E1E633CF8C9}&GroupId={6E459A12-F7DD-4749-9ED4-47D9B538FC1E}&screenheight=900
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Thank you for that information. When I checked for the Scotswood records on family search it appears it is on microfiche and book so will look further into that. However I am fairly certain that it is only the one christening that occurred that I am interested in.
I did note however that it said that the photograph was on Whitfield Road. Now in the family search records it refers to the chapel merging with the one on Whitfield Road in 1932. My father's christening took place in 1924 so it would be the earlier building.
There is one photo that I have saved in my files but it says Wesleyan chapel so not sure if that is the correct photograph either.
Thanks again for your help much appreciated.
Regards
Dorothy
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Not sure how to post hyperlinks onto the forum but try the url's below.
https://www.searchnewcastle.org.uk/images/Groups/BenwellChurchesHeritageTrailA4.pdf
This gives information on the churches that used to exist in Scotswood and also to there location.
co-curate.ncl.ac.uk has images of Scotswood Methodist church, I can't put the link on here but if you google co curate Scotswood images it comes to the same photos.
I work in the Scotswood area and very little remains of old Scotswood, much of the old houses/streets have been demolished to make way for regeneration, even looking at the old photos it's very difficult where places were in relation to modern day Scotswood.
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co-curate.ncl.ac.uk has images of Scotswood Methodist church, I can't put the link on here but if you google co curate Scotswood images it comes to the same photos.
Link https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/resources/add/search/?q=Scotswood+Methodist+church
Stan
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Thanks for that Stan - I had seen the image of the church/chapel but because it was Wesleyan I was unsure if it is the correct one but seeing there is nothing else on offer perhaps it is?
No one seems to have an image of the Munition Cottages so I will have to keep looking.
Thanks again for your help
Dorothy
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Hi Dorothy,
There's a book online called "Official History of the Ministry of Munitions Volume V: Wages and Welfare" in the appendix it does mention 411 temporary cottages built in 1916 in Scotswood for the Armstrong Whitworth factory. Might be worth contacting Tyne and Wear Archives.
http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/
Jen
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See page 17 at http://www.rootschat.com/links/01h9c/ for a description of munition cottages.
Stan
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Thank you for that - I did find it and it was also interesting to see that the same type of cottages were built in Sheffield near where I used to live - in fact I used to work at Hadfields which is mentioned.
Thanks again
Dorothy
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Dorothy,
You might want to have a look at this website:
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/
I suggest you register (it's free) as then you are permitted to zoom into the photos. There are lots of images along the banks of the Tyne and although you might not find a photo of the munition cottages the pictures show how the industrial landscape has changed since the early 20th century.
Jen
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Thank you for that, I had seen this site before but not registered, which I have now done and amazed at how close you can zoom in. I am thinking the 'cottages' where terraced houses by the Vickers Armstrong works but other then that cannot see anything that looks like 'cottages'. I had some preconceived idea of 'huts' built like cheap temporary accommodation for the increase in workers during the first world war and then, like many projects, continued to be used due to the lack of housing.
Thanks again for your help it is much apprecated.
Dorothy
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I am not sure about munition cottages but I was born in Scotswood in 1945 and the Methodist church was at the end of Whitfield road where it joined Denton Road.
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Thanks for that - I am attempting to find out more about my father who was fostered out I imagine soon after his baptism at Scotswood Methodist Church. At the time of baptism his mother Mary Jane put her place of residence as M22, Munition Cottages, Northumberland, England - It seems this was between William Armstrong Drive and Scotswood Road, West of the Newcastle Business Park.
Hence I am trying to find out who she was staying with - the family story is that she went and stayed with friends before the immediate birth. All I know is that she was not around by the time Dad was a toddler and going on the story that she would not have returned home I think he was given to his foster parent as a baby.
Thanks for replying and I live in hope of finding out more some day. I do however now have all his maternal side but no one has any idea who his father was.
Dorothy