Cottages, Thornhill Road, Rastrick (SE139218)
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Cottages, Thornhill Road, Rastrick (SE139218)
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 27 Feb 2006
Here there is a great contrast between the old cottages and the later 19C terrace houses. The cottages are on the township map of 1812, and were on what was then Brook Grain Hill. The surface of this was evidently at a lower level than the present road.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.692464
Longitude
-1.790978