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My apologies hanes teulu for overlooking your question – no excuse, just a sheer oversight. Sorry.  The period is 1840’s, 50’s, 60;s.  I didn’t know that Bardy lane dated back to 1774’s.
Thanks Alan for the helpful Street View hint and the pub article – very colourful picture of life there.  And thank you Geoff for the map – it makes the layout very clear

Thank you rosie99, Comberton, Maddys52 and Alan for your very informative and in-depth replies.
 Yes, rosie99, I had seen the post you mention but it seemed to be more about the various “steps” and the Town Mission than about the type of houses.                                                                             

From the map I was directed to, the “plots” on Bardy Lane seem to have quite a good bit of land (I had imagined that they would be “back-to-backs”).                                                                                                     

The article from the Whitehaven News is interesting.  On reading the advert, one wouldn’t think they would be something like the properties Alan describes.  Certainly doesn’t sound like a nice place to live and the thought of a bakery (as per the advert) situated in the conditions Alan describes is unimaginable.                                                                                                                                                                             

Would No.15 Bardy Lane be near the "sink" Alan describes - would it be on the same side of the road?  I am grateful for all your help in this.

Would someone from the Isle of Man be classed as a "Foreigner" on the 1841 Census.  The more I look this up on the internet the more confused I become.

I am looking for any information contained in this register about the marriage of John Southern on 15th October 1832 please.  I am particularly interested in finding the first name of John's father and the first name of the bride’s father if available.  Many thanks

Maybe!  I will do some research on Meynell Hall and see where it leads.  I am still confused though with all the Kirby’s that keep cropping up - Yorkshire/Cleveland.  Another reference to it is my ancestor’s burial record 1758 which states he was “Mr Ralph Hill of “Menil Hall, Cleveland.”  Thank you for your reply.
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