Eighth Avenue, Wortley: last remains of a Victorian slum
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Eighth Avenue, Wortley: last remains of a Victorian slum
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 16 Jan 2022
On early 20th century maps are First to Ninth and Thirteenth to Eighteenth Avenues. No sign of Tenth to Twelfth, presumably planned but not built. They would all have had back-to-back terraces. Of them all, only Eighth Avenue still exists, in part, and only a short section at the truncated west end retains its original setted surface. There are modern developments nearby called First, Second and Third Avenues but not on the same alignments as the originals. None of the terraced housing remains; nearest the camera is Bethel Free Church.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.792296
Longitude
-1.576751