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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lincolnshire => Topic started by: Eilleen on Sunday 22 January 12 16:16 GMT (UK)
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Hi :)
This is looking down on to the back area' of Mauds Terrace.
they are no more....... got cleared when classified as slums.
Eilleen.
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Nice one Eilleen! Actually Maud's Hill Terrace ;)
On the right is St Michael's Terrace and below MHT was Prospect Terrace.
At least they had back walls, not built into the hillside like these ones-
(http://includes1.iknow-uk.com/img/region/iknow-lakedistrict.co.uk/tourist/whitehaven_02.jpg)
Imagine how damp they must have been. :(
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Mine lived at 5, Maud hill terrace. :) :)
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George Lunn (1837 - 1895) a printer
my 2nd great grand uncle
lived at 15 Mauds Terrace on the 1871 census. Any idea when this photo was taken?
Penny
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1950s perhaps.
It's a bit fuzzy, but are there TV aerials? It looks like someone has a telephone (bracket on chimney).
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There was a few taken,
it was to do with recording the slum clearance :)
Eilleen.
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Any idea when they were demolished or where I can find other photos ?
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There were three terraces on the hillside, (from the top) St Michael's, Maud's Hill and Prospect. There were no roads for access, just paths as shown in this photo, so they tend not to be shown on street maps.
However you'll find them here on 1956 but not 1967 maps www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?coords=497505,371650
1866 1:500 scale is best :)
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Thank you
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Penny,
do you have any more information on George Lunn please, as I have a relative of that name in my tree, who was born in Lincoln!
thanks,
Dave
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George Lunn (1837 - 1895) a printer
my 2nd great grand uncle
lived at 15 Mauds Terrace on the 1871 census.
His wife, Sarah BLACKBURN, was a sister of an ancestor of mine.
The BLACKBURN line is
Sarah 1831
John 1808
Vincent 1776
John 1731
William 1687
:)
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Dave
Did I reply to your message I don't recall seeing it?
Penny
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Wow. Thank-you for posting the photograph of Mauds Terrace, Lincoln. My Great-Grandfather lived at number 19 at the time of his marriage on 11/8/1903.
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you're welcome The three terraces above Spring Hill - (from top to bottom) St Michaels Terr, Mauds Hill Terr and Prospect Terr.. My late Uncle was born Prospect Terrace 1926
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cjl2017
I am pleased you liked it, x
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My Grandad, George Sylvester, lived at 14 MHT in the 1911 census when he was 7 years old, along with his parents, older sister and younger brother. Thanks for sharing the photo.
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1886 Lincoln Town Plan: https://maps.nls.uk/view/229947930 (https://maps.nls.uk/view/229947930) - bottom left corner shows St Michael's Terrace, Maud's Hill Terrace & Prospect Terrace.
Ordnance Survey Map of Lincoln doesn't show the detail but shows the position of the 3 terraces - the corner of Michaelgate & Spring Hill:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18.3&lat=53.23299&lon=-0.54044&layers=6&b=1&o=100 (https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18.3&lat=53.23299&lon=-0.54044&layers=6&b=1&o=100)
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There are some evocative details in this article by Peter Washbourn. I haven't yet managed to find the 'people's memories' that he mentions.
28 September 1999: Lincolnshire Echo
I was extremely interested to read in the Echo recently about people's memories of the houses between Spring Hill and Michaelgate, in Lincoln. There were three terraces of houses, Prospect Terrace, Maud's Hill Terrace and St Michael's Terrace and my grandfather lived in one of these houses. It was the end house of Maud's Hill Terrace, the middle of the three.
There were two rooms downstairs, a living room and then a room at the back, built into the hillside, which had a gas cooker in it and was also the coalhouse, the coal having to be delivered by the coalman through the living room.
Upstairs, there was only one bed-room, with a very small window. There was no electricity in the house, only gas, but not upstairs. Lighting was by gas, with a candle having to be used in the bedroom.
Cooking was done on the gas cooker and also on the fire in the living room, which was the old fashioned grate, with side oven attached and water heater.
There was a supply of cold water in the house, in the cupboard under the stairs, but there was no drain, so a bucket had to be kept permanently under the tap to catch any drips.
The toilet was outside, down a passage and was really in the next terrace. This was shared by two houses, the second toilet being shared by three other houses on St Michael's Terrace.
There was only one good point in favour of this house. The view overlooking the centre and south of Lincoln was marvellous.
My grandfather was re-housed in the late 1950s and all of the properties were then demolished.
Today, the area has been rebuilt and some properties in the area have been names Stanthaket Court, a reminder of the church • which once stood in that area, "Stanthaket" meaning "stone-thatched". It had a stone roof at a time when many churches had thatched roofs.