Priory Rows
Priory Rows
Priory Rows with the Priory Bing at the back.
Ten houses are situated at this colliery, and were erected about 14 years ago:-
8 Two-apartment houses Rental £7 8s.
2 Three-apartment houses Rental £10 6s.
These houses are of one storey – Built of brick – no damp-proof course – Plastered on hollow walls – Wood floors, ventilated – Internal surface of walls and ceilings in good condition and not damp
No overcrowding – apartments large
No garden, but have wash-houses and coal cellars
Gravitation water – outside
One privy midden 20 feet from front of houses
Scavenged at owners’ expense
The children playing at Priory Row would be in their 70’s now. Did any members of your family work at the Priory?
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