17 thoughts on “The old rectory on Butts Lane in Egglescliffe 1979”
Hi, My name is Ronald Wall I was also in Miss Delamots class and remember very well Mr. Liddle, Mr.&Mrs. Nelson, and all the teaching gang with fond memories. I lived in Croft Rd. and Martyn Russell was a close and dear friend. He ended up living in British Columbia in Canada. I met Martyn when we were seven and we remained friends (Mates) for 50 years until his sad demise at age 57, (still miss ya old mate). I found this site during some down time on my night shift here in Saratoga New York. It has stirred up some wonderful memories, to anyone that can remember me from the old days, stay healthy, be happy. Cheers Ron Wall.
I lived in Nelson House, which is the main part of the Old Rectory, until 1993. It was a wonderful home to live in with young children. From information I had at that time, the current building dates from the 18th and 19th century and you can see the different brickwork showing this.
Rector Bewster used to live there and a number of changes were made during his time there. A Rector Maltby ‘found the building very dilapidated after Brewster’s death. He rebuilt it in 1845’.
The earliest mention of a Rectory is in 1368.
It was said the royalist Reactor Basire hid from Cromwell’s soldiers who searched the house with orders to capture him and take him to Stockton prison.’in the 1600’s
Some family member signatures in the book are:
Isabel Benson, John Thomson, Hannah Brewster, Jane Brewster, Samuel Brewster, John Brewster, Mary Thompson, Mary Frances Thompson, Richard Brewster, Dorothy Brewster, Fanny Isobel Brewster, Harriett Eliey, ? Lockley, Mary Lockley, Thomas Lockley, Caroline Lambert, ? Jane Pemberton,
Over the page is Thomas Sharp, Vicar of Bambrough, Grandson of John Sharp DD Archbishop of York.
The book is all about signatures which the Rev John Brewster seemed to collect as a scientific pastime.
Great news about the John Brewster autograph book. He is such an important figure in Stockton’s history and yet so little is known about him. David – if you can decipher the names of the autographs it would be great if you could post a list of them. Thanks.
I have no information about the house but I know John Brewster was a big fan of peoples writing technique. I have in my posession an autograph book written by him in the early 1800’s. It contains many signiatures of prominent people of the time. Members of Parliament, authors and clergy. ” Stat nomenis Umbra”
I remember the house, church and school well. I was at the school in 1963 and 1964. Mrs Nelson”s class in the scout hut and then Mr Brownlees class in the main building. I remember Mr Jackson (Sir to us) and Mrs Jackson teaching music. The freedom of the walks down to the river and around these buildings was wonderful. There was those helicopter seeds that fell from the trees around the house, and the girls in my class collected seeds and threaded them to make bracelets and necklaces. I recall the maypole events in the village quite fondly, it was a good time for me.
I started school at Butts Lane in 1963 i was julie thompson back then,i was in mrs delamot”s class and remember mr and mrs nelson and mr jackson. We loved to walk to the village shop for sweets, my two girls also went to Butts Lane, they are now 22 and 19. I am still there as i now work there as a learning support assistant. i am very fond of the school and now enjoy working there, it has changed a lot over the years but still has that friendly village atmosphere.
Hi Angela. Sorry I have not replied before now the first part of the year has gone so fast .And lost the link . What was your Maiden name.? Did you have siblings at the C.E. School. Were did you live in Eagglescliffe. I lived in Newsam Rd at the end of the grey bridge, that you could cut through to get to the Shops , ?? it sounds like you lived on the Orchard Farm Estates Area . My brother went to Junction farm as a small boy . Who were some of your school frends, We might know of each other or have some frends in Common. ?? I turned 50 last november .
I found the following reference to “The Old Rectory” which suggests that this is not the actual house in which the Reverend John Brewster died. The Rectory is a substantial brick building, erected by the present rector, in 1845, on the site of the old rectory. [Whellan”s History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 549.]
A few more comments on Egglescliffe-Walk on April 18th When the walk ends a written comment is put in Norton-Heritage (The guide walker), for both members and future print-out. Notes on Egglescliffe -The vivid green of new leaves/ On all sides colourful blossom of white and pink some of the pink like marshmallow covered biscuits/ How the old and new pantile shines in the sunlight / Ancient stone on the Church glows honey coloured / Immaculate sloping Green/ Yarm Viaduct tree “framed ” below the village/ gleaming white door and window frames / a very friendly farm dog , which wanted to follow us around / The very pleasant 1700c “Pot and Glass Inn” , where we lunched / The chequer-board pattern of yellow fields of Rape-Seed streching towards Darlington. The Dutch /flemish connection is in . articles on this site. Concluding fom “Walk ” leaflet “A beautiful Village, which has seamlessly joined and retained the centuries of building and history ”
Martyn Russell – I also started at Egglescliffe Village school in 1963 and remember Mr Jackson, Mr and Mrs Nelson and dancing the Maypole at the May Fair very well. My first teacher was Miss Delmot. My friends and I used to love to walk into the village and buy some sweets from the sweet shop on the green. I stayed at that school for a couple of years until Durham Lane Primary school was built which was closer to our home. I moved with my family to Australia in 1970 but have returned to visit Egglescliffe and Eaglescliffe a coulple of times when we have been on holiday. It brought back wonderfull memories.
Bob Irwin, Stan Hilton & others, many thanks for your comments re the rectory and Rev. Brewster. He has a good write up in the new on-line Dictionary of National Biography.
The house and ground are indeed that of the Eagglescliffe, C.E Church and Rectory. in 1963 I moved to Eagglescliffe and went to the Village school agross the road. Were Mr Jackson was the Head Master. Mr Liddle was the Schools distributor of punishment, Mrs Nelson the English/Everything Teacher, was the Vicars wife. and were Liddle stopped Nelson finnished, Mr Jackson was a very nice man. The Rectory had the best Konkers. we would run on to the front Lawn and throw a piece exhaust up into the trees and collect the Konkers, before Nelly could catch us. But if she could identify us we had to Dance the Maypole, at the school fair, even though it was now out of season? I guess that was one of her pet projects.
Cliff Thornton: Your interest in Rev. John Brewster (1753-1842) coincides with my own interest in Christopher and Jennett who printed his History of Stockton-on-Tees. In Heavisides “The Annals of Stockton-on-Tees” (Heaviside being the foreman of Christopher and Jennett at the time of the second edition published around 1828) says that the Rev. Brewster was a minister for sixty-six years, spending the last twenty-eight in the parish of Egglescliffe. He had previously held the livings of Greatham, Stockton, Redmarshall and Baldon and he “died at the Rectory, Egglescliffe 28th November, 1842 aged 89 years.” You can find a copy of the “Annals” in Stockton reference library. There is also an actual letter written by Brewster in 1829 referring to Jennett and the second edition, filed as C/S7/097. I have also come across references to Brewster on the British Library site. You may have much of this information but I hope some proves useful.
A very Dutch styling of the frontage could place this in the mid or late 1700, a number of cottages in Egglescliffe also have a Dutch influence. The Low Countries shipped out wool, butter and lead for hundreds of years from the port of Yarm The right hand side building in the frontage photo (Top right) appears to be a later addition Yarm Town-Hall, 1715 is built on “Dutch Style” and proved so popular Stockton Town-House built 1735,as a larger version
Does anybody know the date of this building. I am interested in Revd. John Brewster, who wrote the first history of Stockton. He spent the last 30 years of his life as rector of Egglescliffe, dying there in 1842. Would this have been his house?
Hi, My name is Ronald Wall I was also in Miss Delamots class and remember very well Mr. Liddle, Mr.&Mrs. Nelson, and all the teaching gang with fond memories. I lived in Croft Rd. and Martyn Russell was a close and dear friend. He ended up living in British Columbia in Canada. I met Martyn when we were seven and we remained friends (Mates) for 50 years until his sad demise at age 57, (still miss ya old mate). I found this site during some down time on my night shift here in Saratoga New York. It has stirred up some wonderful memories, to anyone that can remember me from the old days, stay healthy, be happy. Cheers Ron Wall.
I lived in Nelson House, which is the main part of the Old Rectory, until 1993. It was a wonderful home to live in with young children. From information I had at that time, the current building dates from the 18th and 19th century and you can see the different brickwork showing this.
Rector Bewster used to live there and a number of changes were made during his time there. A Rector Maltby ‘found the building very dilapidated after Brewster’s death. He rebuilt it in 1845’.
The earliest mention of a Rectory is in 1368.
It was said the royalist Reactor Basire hid from Cromwell’s soldiers who searched the house with orders to capture him and take him to Stockton prison.’in the 1600’s
Some family member signatures in the book are:
Isabel Benson, John Thomson, Hannah Brewster, Jane Brewster, Samuel Brewster, John Brewster, Mary Thompson, Mary Frances Thompson, Richard Brewster, Dorothy Brewster, Fanny Isobel Brewster, Harriett Eliey, ? Lockley, Mary Lockley, Thomas Lockley, Caroline Lambert, ? Jane Pemberton,
Over the page is Thomas Sharp, Vicar of Bambrough, Grandson of John Sharp DD Archbishop of York.
The book is all about signatures which the Rev John Brewster seemed to collect as a scientific pastime.
Great news about the John Brewster autograph book. He is such an important figure in Stockton’s history and yet so little is known about him. David – if you can decipher the names of the autographs it would be great if you could post a list of them. Thanks.
I have no information about the house but I know John Brewster was a big fan of peoples writing technique. I have in my posession an autograph book written by him in the early 1800’s. It contains many signiatures of prominent people of the time. Members of Parliament, authors and clergy. ” Stat nomenis Umbra”
I remember the house, church and school well. I was at the school in 1963 and 1964. Mrs Nelson”s class in the scout hut and then Mr Brownlees class in the main building. I remember Mr Jackson (Sir to us) and Mrs Jackson teaching music. The freedom of the walks down to the river and around these buildings was wonderful. There was those helicopter seeds that fell from the trees around the house, and the girls in my class collected seeds and threaded them to make bracelets and necklaces. I recall the maypole events in the village quite fondly, it was a good time for me.
I started school at Butts Lane in 1963 i was julie thompson back then,i was in mrs delamot”s class and remember mr and mrs nelson and mr jackson. We loved to walk to the village shop for sweets, my two girls also went to Butts Lane, they are now 22 and 19. I am still there as i now work there as a learning support assistant. i am very fond of the school and now enjoy working there, it has changed a lot over the years but still has that friendly village atmosphere.
Hi Angela. Sorry I have not replied before now the first part of the year has gone so fast .And lost the link . What was your Maiden name.? Did you have siblings at the C.E. School. Were did you live in Eagglescliffe. I lived in Newsam Rd at the end of the grey bridge, that you could cut through to get to the Shops , ?? it sounds like you lived on the Orchard Farm Estates Area . My brother went to Junction farm as a small boy . Who were some of your school frends, We might know of each other or have some frends in Common. ?? I turned 50 last november .
I found the following reference to “The Old Rectory” which suggests that this is not the actual house in which the Reverend John Brewster died. The Rectory is a substantial brick building, erected by the present rector, in 1845, on the site of the old rectory. [Whellan”s History, Topography and Directory of Durham (and Newcastle) (1856), page 549.]
A few more comments on Egglescliffe-Walk on April 18th When the walk ends a written comment is put in Norton-Heritage (The guide walker), for both members and future print-out. Notes on Egglescliffe -The vivid green of new leaves/ On all sides colourful blossom of white and pink some of the pink like marshmallow covered biscuits/ How the old and new pantile shines in the sunlight / Ancient stone on the Church glows honey coloured / Immaculate sloping Green/ Yarm Viaduct tree “framed ” below the village/ gleaming white door and window frames / a very friendly farm dog , which wanted to follow us around / The very pleasant 1700c “Pot and Glass Inn” , where we lunched / The chequer-board pattern of yellow fields of Rape-Seed streching towards Darlington. The Dutch /flemish connection is in . articles on this site. Concluding fom “Walk ” leaflet “A beautiful Village, which has seamlessly joined and retained the centuries of building and history ”
Martyn Russell – I also started at Egglescliffe Village school in 1963 and remember Mr Jackson, Mr and Mrs Nelson and dancing the Maypole at the May Fair very well. My first teacher was Miss Delmot. My friends and I used to love to walk into the village and buy some sweets from the sweet shop on the green. I stayed at that school for a couple of years until Durham Lane Primary school was built which was closer to our home. I moved with my family to Australia in 1970 but have returned to visit Egglescliffe and Eaglescliffe a coulple of times when we have been on holiday. It brought back wonderfull memories.
Bob Irwin, Stan Hilton & others, many thanks for your comments re the rectory and Rev. Brewster. He has a good write up in the new on-line Dictionary of National Biography.
The house and ground are indeed that of the Eagglescliffe, C.E Church and Rectory. in 1963 I moved to Eagglescliffe and went to the Village school agross the road. Were Mr Jackson was the Head Master. Mr Liddle was the Schools distributor of punishment, Mrs Nelson the English/Everything Teacher, was the Vicars wife. and were Liddle stopped Nelson finnished, Mr Jackson was a very nice man. The Rectory had the best Konkers. we would run on to the front Lawn and throw a piece exhaust up into the trees and collect the Konkers, before Nelly could catch us. But if she could identify us we had to Dance the Maypole, at the school fair, even though it was now out of season? I guess that was one of her pet projects.
Cliff Thornton: Your interest in Rev. John Brewster (1753-1842) coincides with my own interest in Christopher and Jennett who printed his History of Stockton-on-Tees. In Heavisides “The Annals of Stockton-on-Tees” (Heaviside being the foreman of Christopher and Jennett at the time of the second edition published around 1828) says that the Rev. Brewster was a minister for sixty-six years, spending the last twenty-eight in the parish of Egglescliffe. He had previously held the livings of Greatham, Stockton, Redmarshall and Baldon and he “died at the Rectory, Egglescliffe 28th November, 1842 aged 89 years.” You can find a copy of the “Annals” in Stockton reference library. There is also an actual letter written by Brewster in 1829 referring to Jennett and the second edition, filed as C/S7/097. I have also come across references to Brewster on the British Library site. You may have much of this information but I hope some proves useful.
A very Dutch styling of the frontage could place this in the mid or late 1700, a number of cottages in Egglescliffe also have a Dutch influence. The Low Countries shipped out wool, butter and lead for hundreds of years from the port of Yarm The right hand side building in the frontage photo (Top right) appears to be a later addition Yarm Town-Hall, 1715 is built on “Dutch Style” and proved so popular Stockton Town-House built 1735,as a larger version
The windows look Georgian. The Gable Ends remind me of the magnificent Architecture of buildings in Brugge, Belgium.
Does anybody know the date of this building. I am interested in Revd. John Brewster, who wrote the first history of Stockton. He spent the last 30 years of his life as rector of Egglescliffe, dying there in 1842. Would this have been his house?