Horseshoe Lane

Numbers 9 & 11

The above photo shows the only image of the houses that we have been able to obtain so far.  Numbers 9 and 11 are the pair of semi-detached houses on the right of the photo. They stood on the junction between Horseshoe Lane and what is now called Rock Street.

The houses were built before 1840 and are shown on the Tithe Survey map as Plot 132.  At that time they were owned by Mary Wilkes and occupied by Sarah Hughes and Mary Lidiard.  We have assumed that the Hughes family lived in number 9 and Mary Lidiard in number 11.

The houses were demolished in the late 1960's as part of the town's re-development and replaced by a complex of shops.

Click here to read about the occupants of number 9

Click here to read about the occupants of number 11

This page was last updated: 22/07/2008