Princes Street, Eastwood
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Princes Street, Eastwood
Image: © Peter Barr Taken: 22 Feb 2011
"Great quadrangles of dwellings on the hillside" as D H Lawrence described the terraced cottages , known locally as "the squares". Built by the local colliery company, Barber Walker & Co, Lawrence later described them as "sordid and hideous".
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Image Location
Latitude
53.019177
Longitude
-1.306779