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Rutter's School School House


Thomas Rutter, the parish clerk, ran a school in Longbenton in the late 18th and early 19th century. The school was located off Front Street on the site now occupied by Pearson's Garage, opposite the Ship Inn.[1] Notable former pupils included Thomas Addison (scientist) and Robert Stephenson (engineer). 

George Stephenson, who had largely been self-taught, saw the great value of education. He ensured his son Robert had a good education, first at Rutter's and later at John Bruce's Percy Street Academy in Newcastle.

Pointing to a humble red-tiled house by the roadside at Benton, [Robert Stephenson] said, "You see that house—that was Rutter's, where I learned my A B C, and made a beginning of my school learning; and there," pointing to a colliery chimney on the left, "there is Long Benton, where my father put up his first pumping-engine... (Samuel Smiles, 1864)
Longbenton Schools in Benton & Longbenton Thomas Addison (1793-1860) Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) Demolished Former School
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RUTTER'S SCHOOL-HOUSE, LONG BENTON
- Engraving by R. P. Leitch in THE LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON AND OF HIS SON ROBERT STEPHENSON, by SAMUEL SMILES, 1868.
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Tyne and Wear HER(11412): Longbenton, Front Street, Old School House (Rutter's School)
- "The Old School House (Rutter's School) and Stackyard Lonnen stood on the site now occupied by Pearson's Garage, opposite the Ship Inn in 1791. Shown on an old engraving....."
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Thomas Addison (1793-1860)
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Thomas Addison (1793-1860)
- Overview About Thomas Addison Short Biography Thomas Addison was born in Longbenton, Newcastle in April 1793. Addison was the son of a local a grocer and flour dealer. He attended …
Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)
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Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)
- Overview Detailed Information Robert Stephenson was considered to be one of the greatest engineer of the 19th century. He was born in Willington Quay on 16th October 1803, son to …

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