Square Behind South Cross Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Square Behind South Cross Street by Paul Franks as part of the Geograph project.
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Square Behind South Cross Street
Image: © Paul Franks Taken: 12 May 2015
The Leadgate miners' cottages were built in squares in the 1840's. The original cottages had no toilets or running water, and the squares contained earth closets, one for every 3 cottages, and a communal pump or stand pipe. They were also used for drying washing, storing coal, dumping rubbish and keeping pigs.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.860294
Longitude
-1.806956