Four houses, Green Lane, Greetland
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Four houses, Green Lane, Greetland
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 8 Sep 2011
These are clearly two pairs of houses, with a difference in the courses of stone at the join. The left pair almost certainly later than the other pair, which has a datestone inscribed 'J.M.M. / Spring Lodge' / 1854' (see Image). This seems an odd name for a pair of houses. The house on the right is quite small, as it is squeezed into the angle between Green Lane and Workhouse Lane. These were called 'The Old Lane' and 'Nab End Lane' on the 1850 six-inch map. I have since been informed that the reason the houses were called Spring Lodge is because there was a well at the back of the property. This was a shared yard were the washing / laundry was done and also housed the external WCs. This shared yard is now incorporated into the house and is fittingly a downstairs bathroom and utility room. The JMM may relate to the initials of the owner of the property which research has suggested might be the name Mallinson.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.684561
Longitude
-1.856426