The second picture shows Rivergarth Cottage at the bottom of the track. It is very much still there – our family lived there from 1948 till 1985 and we now also have a house in the field that Rivergarth was built in. Rivergarth has one very old stone wall, part of the original building on the site. If the track was continued to the River Tees it would end at the old quay, probably on the site of the original Danish one.
White House was entailed to a farm close to Nelly Beck and was used as a house for hinds – farm workers – when we first moved to the village. A subsequent owner of the building (sold for private ownership around 1960) planted the trees on the village green. The local council levelled and re-seeded it in the ’60s, losing many of its natural features.
I remember ‘Anty’ Rutter, who used to be a ‘linksman’ keeping the gravel path on the north side of Aislaby Road clear for pedestrians until the early 1960s. His loss, and that of the footpath, is much to be regretted.
My father John Heeley was born at Aislaby Grange in 1933. His father, Thomas Heeley, was a farm worker. His mother was Mary Liddel. If names ring a bell with anyone I would love to hear from you.
We have a copy of the above known in our family as the Black Bull inn my grandparents moved there from Seaton Burn Northumberland and ran it as a pub. Their name was Laverick. My parents Julia and Christopher Beech lived in the small cottage on the side when they married, they left in about 1940.If anyone has any information of the above we would be interested, my parents used to talk about the Rutter family who have posted comments.
The house in the foreground is White House on Aislaby Green. We believe the property was built by a sea captain from the timbers of a broken down ship in about 1770, at a time when Aislaby was a thriving port. During WW2 the house was a shop and until 1950″s relied for its water supply from the feshwater spring on the village green that has never been known to run dry. Today the green is covered with mature trees. The house at the back of the picture no longer exists although two other properties now do. I estimate this photograph to have been taken towards the end of 19th century.
The House at the bottom is still there, vastly extended but with original stonework still left. I moved into it with my family in 1948. I think it had ben lived in by a family called Rainbow. We now have a bungalow built in the field belonging to it and built in 1969.
I remember a ‘links man’ called Anty Ritter who used to look after the long-gone footpath to the north of the road which ran from East Farm with one short break, to the bottom of the bank over the viaduct.
When we first moved all the pub had gone but there was a family still living in the house next to it for a very short time.
The Council has fenced off the spring, and, unfortunately, paved over it so the beautiful, mossy original stonework can no longer be seen.
A small housing estate has been built to the left of the path to the Black Bull and the road into it is called Black Bull wind.
This was the “Black Bull Inn” at Aislaby near Yarm. Part of the building was, for some time, home to my Grandfather Walter Rutter, one of 13 children born to Anthony Todd Rutter and Frances Alice (ne Ayton). My Grandfather lived here from childhood until 1941 when he joined the RAF. During the 19th century the Inn was kept by George Clayton, followed by his wife Suzannah and upon her death, a niece, Sarah Buzzard. By 1881 the Innkeeper was Joseph Adamson from Longnewton. The building was demolished some years ago and recently new houses have been built on the site.
The second picture shows Rivergarth Cottage at the bottom of the track. It is very much still there – our family lived there from 1948 till 1985 and we now also have a house in the field that Rivergarth was built in. Rivergarth has one very old stone wall, part of the original building on the site. If the track was continued to the River Tees it would end at the old quay, probably on the site of the original Danish one.
White House was entailed to a farm close to Nelly Beck and was used as a house for hinds – farm workers – when we first moved to the village. A subsequent owner of the building (sold for private ownership around 1960) planted the trees on the village green. The local council levelled and re-seeded it in the ’60s, losing many of its natural features.
I remember ‘Anty’ Rutter, who used to be a ‘linksman’ keeping the gravel path on the north side of Aislaby Road clear for pedestrians until the early 1960s. His loss, and that of the footpath, is much to be regretted.
My father John Heeley was born at Aislaby Grange in 1933. His father, Thomas Heeley, was a farm worker. His mother was Mary Liddel. If names ring a bell with anyone I would love to hear from you.
We have a copy of the above known in our family as the Black Bull inn my grandparents moved there from Seaton Burn Northumberland and ran it as a pub. Their name was Laverick. My parents Julia and Christopher Beech lived in the small cottage on the side when they married, they left in about 1940.If anyone has any information of the above we would be interested, my parents used to talk about the Rutter family who have posted comments.
Hi Judith, I would be most interested to hear what your family knows of the Rutters when they lived at the Blackbull Inn.
Hi Judith,
I would be very interested in obtaining a copy of the Black Bull Inn.
I am Yarm, born and bred and love all things local to Yarm.
How can we proceed.
Andy. 2024.
I am researching this building my mother lived here as a child, (enice rutter). I believe Walter is her brother, my uncle.
The house in the foreground is White House on Aislaby Green. We believe the property was built by a sea captain from the timbers of a broken down ship in about 1770, at a time when Aislaby was a thriving port. During WW2 the house was a shop and until 1950″s relied for its water supply from the feshwater spring on the village green that has never been known to run dry. Today the green is covered with mature trees. The house at the back of the picture no longer exists although two other properties now do. I estimate this photograph to have been taken towards the end of 19th century.
The House at the bottom is still there, vastly extended but with original stonework still left. I moved into it with my family in 1948. I think it had ben lived in by a family called Rainbow. We now have a bungalow built in the field belonging to it and built in 1969.
I remember a ‘links man’ called Anty Ritter who used to look after the long-gone footpath to the north of the road which ran from East Farm with one short break, to the bottom of the bank over the viaduct.
When we first moved all the pub had gone but there was a family still living in the house next to it for a very short time.
The Council has fenced off the spring, and, unfortunately, paved over it so the beautiful, mossy original stonework can no longer be seen.
A small housing estate has been built to the left of the path to the Black Bull and the road into it is called Black Bull wind.
This was the “Black Bull Inn” at Aislaby near Yarm. Part of the building was, for some time, home to my Grandfather Walter Rutter, one of 13 children born to Anthony Todd Rutter and Frances Alice (ne Ayton). My Grandfather lived here from childhood until 1941 when he joined the RAF. During the 19th century the Inn was kept by George Clayton, followed by his wife Suzannah and upon her death, a niece, Sarah Buzzard. By 1881 the Innkeeper was Joseph Adamson from Longnewton. The building was demolished some years ago and recently new houses have been built on the site.