Top o'th Lane (formerly Workhouse Lane), Brindle

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iBase ID

222249

Reference identifier

sch14022007001

Title

Top o'th Lane (formerly Workhouse Lane), Brindle

Place

Brindle

General notes

Top o'th Lane Farm on left. Cottages originally built for quarry workers on right. Tyson House in the distance. The workhouse was up a stony lane (now footpath to Holt Lane) opposite Tyson House.
The two boys on the right were killed at Passchendaele in 1917.

User comments:

'Top o' th' Lane cottages were originally built for rent by a number of private landlords around 1800 mainly for handloom weavers (hence the 'loom rooms') though there were some quarry workers there as well. Detailed research - "Top o' th' Lane, the Workhouse and the Weavers." available as pdf file on request.' 21/09/2023.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

25/18cm

Year of image

c1905

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Locator

E02 C23

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