Remains of cottages
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Remains of cottages
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 31 Jan 2010
Now simply a boundary wall, this was once obviously the front wall of a row of cottages. The fact that these were one residences is indicated by the recesses for boot-scrapers carved into the jambs of the doorways. These cottages would have been cramped even by the standards of Victorian terraces.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.17108
Longitude
-1.245243