Newbottle 1871

Newbottle from times long ago

Derives it's name from the Saxon New dwelling. The collieries were started many years before the Neasham family started with collieries. Once there were three potteries, which were regarded well throughout the county, one belonging to the Broderick family. A corn mill was also in the village. Another name is the Russell family, who were believed to be solicitors of Sunderland, there is still a house named Russell today.

In 1691 parts of Newbottle called Hall Moor and Dubmire were divided and the tenants all claimed leasehold. The Collieries belonging to the Neasham family were sold to the Earl of Durham for £70,000 in 1819.

Newbottle 1834

Is a village and township one mile from Houghton; it contains nothing worthy of note, beyond it’s extensive collieries and the pottery works of Fairbairn's and Co. Philadelphia is a hamlet. The parish church was build in 1850 on ground given by the Earl of Durham

Newbottle 1871

Newbottle is described as a township and village about one and a half miles from Houghton – le - Spring. And six miles southwest from Sunderland, contains nothing worthy of notice, beyond its extensive collieries. There is a Church, a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and a Primitive Methodist Chapel. Schools in connection with the collieries. Between Newbottle and Houghton – le – Spring lies Newbottle lane, a scattered kind of village. In Newbottle Lane there is a Primitive Methodist Chapel, a Colliery Schools Bunker Hill and Philadelphia are colliery villages in the Newbottle Township.

The following were considered as prominent people

Newbottle

Colliery Schools	W.Turnbull – innkeeper
Nicholas Thomas Robson - Blacksmith	Mrs S. Middleton
Mrs A Fenny - Dressmaker	J. Mcpherson – grocer
John Weller – Grocer	T. Sanderson
William Turnbull – Blacksmith	Mrs J Elliott
Charles Tennant – Surgeon	G. Bell – innkeeper
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel	W. Henderson – tailor
Primitive Methodist Chapel	Mrs E. Broderick – grocer
James Reid – farmer	Post Office
Mrs Jane Taylor	J. Wardle
Stoker & Co grocers and drapers	Miss A. Young – grocer
W.W. Broderick – earthenware manufacturer	J. Gally - innkeeper
Robert Hodgson – innkeeper	R. Richardson – tailor
Robert Beckwith – innkeeper	R. Gatenby – fruiterer
St Mathews Church	Cellar Hill House
William Scorer – builder	Mrs D. Goodrick – seminary
J Blenkinsop – builder	Cellare Farm
J Bailey – grocer	J. Heslop – farmer
T Rutter – boot maker	Vicarage
Mrs E Pyburn
J Dodds – blacksmith
W Spoors – grocer	Rev A.J.Blagdon ( who later would move to Herrington)
J Oliver thrashing machine owner
M. S. T. Tindale -butcher
G. Harle sen- –earthenware manufacturer
G. Harle jnr – butcher
Miss E. Harle – milliner
T Jackson - innkeeper
J. Coulson - farmer
T.R. Hobson
R. Nicholson – butcher
T. Myers – innkeeper
T. Dixon – innkeeper

Newbottle Lane

J. Richardson – beer retailer	T. Swalwell – bootmaker
T.J. Elstop – timber merchant	W. Welsh – blacksmith
E Minto – saddler	G. Gibson – butcher
T.Surtees – innkeeper	W. Peel – confectioner
Local Board of Trade	T. Henderson - draper
M. Selvins – clerk	W. Johnson – greengrocer
T. Hewitson – agent	H.W. Atkinson – bootmaker
G. Percy – innkeeper	W.D.Scorer – grocer
R. March – butcher	R. Ridley – innkeeper
R. Taylor - painter	J.B.Pearson – pawnbroker
T.P Henderson – watchmaker	A. Duke – grocer
W. Myers – newsagent	R. Swales – china dealer
Miss I. Myers - dressmaker	Mrs .M. Davison – confectioner
h.Busby – saddler	J. Bell – bootmaker
I. Grainger – clothier	T. Snowball – lodgings
W.B Turnbull – grocer & c.	J. Charlton – auctioneer
J. Chadwick – toy dealer	J. Adamson – grocer
W. Preston - ironmonger	M. Nichol – innkeeper
T. Fryer - grocer	M. Robson – dyer
J.Lawson – gentleman	Miss M. Duke – dressmaker
Miss D.Place	T. Dixon – contractor
Presbyterian Chapel	J. Phillips – butcher
J.Harrison – butcher
J.G.Craggs - bootmaker	Hopper’s Lane
B.R. Craggs – bootmaker	H.O’neil – lodgings
H.Thompson – worsted dealer	W.Watson – marine stores
J. Stokoe – viewer	W. Birtley – lodgings
F. Mitchinson – greengrocer	T. Spottiswood – hatter
M. Stokoe – grocer	W. Richardson – hairdresser
J. Watson – innkeeper	W. Minto – innkeeper
C&J. M. Stokoe – drapers	G. Williamson – botanist
R. Cuthbertson – overman	P. Mcenainey – huckster
J. Henderson – bootmaker
G. Angus – tailor	Hopper Street
Colliery Infant School	J. Errington – butcher
Miss J. Linday – teacher	J. Thompson – beer retailer
J. Wilkinson – innkeeper	Presbyterian School
G. Hopper & son - lime merchants
	Quarry Row
Grey Horse Lane
	R. Smith – innkeeper
M. Meiken – lodgings	J. Scott – grocer
A. Summerman – marine stores	Miss E. Crisp – dressmaker
H. Jamieson – carrier	G. Carr – earthenware dealer
A. Robinson – innkeeper	J. White – overman
Primative Methodist Chapel
Bunker Hill
Newbottle Colliery Office	James young – engineer
William Lishman – mining engineer	Peter Tate – viewer
Philadelphia
John Bailey – grocer & draper	Henry Horn – forgeman
United Methodist Free Church	George Crabb – innkeeper
Primative Methodist Chapel	Stokoe & Co – grocers & drapers
Lancelot Trotter - joiner	Methodist New Connection Chapel
Thomas White - agent	Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

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