Georgian Terrace
Introduction
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Georgian Terrace
Image: © Mike Kirby Taken: 16 Nov 2008
These houses were built in the early 1800s for affluent wool staplers. A wool stapler is not a 'wool sorter' but a dealer in wool. Many wool staplers were very wealthy in the days when the wool trade was England's main industry. The houses are now used as business premises.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.683257
Longitude
-1.50305