Cottam's Yard
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cottam's Yard by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Cottam's Yard
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 31 Aug 2012
This would have provided access to a narrow yard, not more than about 10 feet wide, with several dwellings giving on to it. Yards like these represented the worst of the slums that mid-20th century slum clearance programmes set out to eradicate. The space now often provides a decent back garden for the main house fronting the street.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.074988
Longitude
-0.815239