High House in Monkton, near Hebburn - history of the house & property?

[JayG]

Looks like the Coulson's moved to Monkton ca 1915.

ER 1915
Name of elector - William Coulson
Place of abode - Monkton
Nature of qualification - dwelling house (successive)
Description of qualifying property - 3 Hedgeley Road, Hebburn New Town and Monkton

Where the word "successive" appears in the registers it means that the elector had occupied, during the 12 months qualifying period, more than one property within the particular constituency, each of which was of a sufficient rateable value to qualify its occupier to vote.

Link to Stan's thread about ER's

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=593091.msg4435918#msg4435918

[dtcoulson]

In the 1911 census there is a schedule for High House Cottage, after the schedule for High House. The daughter of the occupant of High House Cottage was a  Domestic General Servant, probably for High House. Was TS Coulson living in the Cottage, rather than High House itself?
You can see High House Cottage on the map at https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/432500/563500/13/101329

Stan

This is very probable given what I know about the family.
I can see Minnie (daughter) in the role of domestic servant and William (father) as gardener.

[dtcoulson]

There's various Coulson's on the ER's for 1918, 1920 to 1922, unfortunately there is no actual address only 'Monkton'.

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Jane, along with Henry and Frederick are listed on the ER at 54 Jutland Avenue, Hebburn New Town, Spring 1923.  There's several other Coulson's listed at 7 Station Road, 29 Aln Street and 66 Campbell Street.  I can post up the details if you can't access these yourself on FindMyPast.

Welcome to the picture Jay.

Electoral Rolls are my blind spot. I will have to learn how to investigate these.

Your contribution is right on target, more than you may realise:
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Harry migrated to NZ in 1927. On registering as a passenger,
he gave his final UK address as 54 Jutland Ave.
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Tommy migrated to NZ in 1924.
His final UK address was 66 Campbell Street.
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Looks like we have things sewn up very nicely.

-> But can someone show me where Campbell Street was??
I have looked for this before without success.

-DC

[dtcoulson]

The Coulsons at Station Rd and Aln St may be cousins.
I should investigate to be sure, as the family is quite large.

-DC

[dtcoulson]

Looks like the Coulson's moved to Monkton ca 1915.

ER 1915
Name of elector - William Coulson
Place of abode - Monkton
Nature of qualification - dwelling house (successive)
Description of qualifying property - 3 Hedgeley Road, Hebburn New Town and Monkton

Where the word "successive" appears in the registers it means that the elector had occupied, during the 12 months qualifying period, more than one property within the particular constituency, each of which was of a sufficient rateable value to qualify its occupier to vote.

Link to Stan's thread about ER's

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=593091.msg4435918#msg4435918

So to be absolutely clear on this:
Given that Hedgeley Rd is in HNT and not in Monkton, and that the word 'successive' has been used, we can be sure that the Coulsons moved house in the 12 months leading up to that ER?

BTW, do we know what month the ER in 1915 was taken?

[dtcoulson]

Stan, can you give me a screenshot of the High House Cottage as per UKMaps?

Is it the long narrow structure I see on the NLS map of High House that has since disappeared?
I don't have a subscription therefore can't open it to see.

-DC

[dtcoulson]

Not being familiar with the Electoral Rolls,
can I ask what people would qualify to appear in it?
Men only? Working men only? Working women?

You say that Jane's name appears so it seems that housewives/dependents can appear on the list?

Could the ER help me to trace three sisters who may have followed their brothers to the houses in Hebburn or who may instead have become domestic servants elsewhere.

-DC

[Ruskie]

Stan, can you give me a screenshot of the High House Cottage as per UKMaps?

Is it the long narrow structure I see on the NLS map of High House that has since disappeared?
I don't have a subscription therefore can't open it to see.

-DC

You need a subscription for old-maps.co.uk, but not for the NLS maps.

Jay's link at reply #27 explains who was eligible to vote.

[dtcoulson]

The move to Monkton seems to coincide closely with the outbreak of war.

I wonder, could his decision have been motivated by a closure or down-scaling of his workplace?
He worked at the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Plant which I read closed in 1922 but I'm thinking may have had to make massive changes in 1914 as many of its employees would have signed up for military service.

If this is the case, was there in general a great social migration within Hebburn in late 1914 as people moved from house to house?

-DC