Leeds in the 1870s

[Si]

Looking closer at the 1906 map; opposite the rec is Recovery Street, named after the hospital. (Inadvertantly cropped off, but it's the one ending in Y.) The picture of the House of Recovery was taken in 1905, so I'm guessing the building on the rec is it?    

[Si]

Recovery Street, 1955. (Leodis.)

[Si]

dogduke wrote: Does anyone have a map prior to this one or even as early as Dakota is talking about ? I'm afraid not, but I found this rather blurred cholera map of Leeds, dated 1833.

[drapesy]

it might not be common practice - but washing strung across a cobbled terrace street still happens now.

[Dakota]

Wow, everyone's been busy while I slept - what a great way to start my day. Is the Cholera map related to Cholera epidemic or was it the name of the company that prepared it?Once again, thank you seems to be inadequate, but I am truly thankful for all of you and what you are doing for me.

[Cardiarms]

drapesy wrote: it might not be common practice - but washing strung across a cobbled terrace street still happens now. When we moved to Armley my wife thought it was props for the filming of a tv drama, further supported by an old lady scrubbing her door step.

[Si]

Dakota wrote: Wow, everyone's been busy while I slept - what a great way to start my day. Is the Cholera map related to Cholera epidemic or was it the name of the company that prepared it?Once again, thank you seems to be inadequate, but I am truly thankful for all of you and what you are doing for me. The cholera map was prepared by a Dr Robert Baker in 1833 to show the unsanitary areas (shaded) affected by an epidemic in May 1832, when over 700 people died. It's signed at the bottom "Rob. Baker, surveyor" though at the top it says "Surveyed by Charles Fowler, Leeds." Leeds wasn't as big then, and the areas most affected seem to be the Bank, Mabgate and Quarry Hill, from what I can gather. (Incidentally, these were the areas first demolished and cleared as slums at the beginning of the 20th century.)Try Googling Cholera Leeds 1833 - there's quite a lot of information. Another more detailed map (dated 1842) even shows which houses were working class or "first class", and where people lived who were sent to the House of Recovery. (There must have been an earlier one somewhere - it's number 12 on the key, but I can't find it on the map - deteriorating eyesight!)Leeds wasn't peculiar in having these outbreaks, as most developing cities during the 19th century were affected.                        

[Lilysmum]

cnosni wrote: Dakota wrote: Thank you - the children are:George Wells, died of Pertussis Convulsions on March 20, 1868Ernest Wells, died of water on the brain on August 18, 1871William Wells, died of spina bifada on March 18, 1872I appreciate any info you can find on their graves.Thank you again. Hi DakotaSorry for delay in replying,have been busy outside looking at a strange orange coloured ball of light in the sky,damn U.F.O;sAnyway here goesGeorge Wells is burial number 24654,buried in grave 5376 with 21 othersErnest Wells is burial number 33114,buried in grave 4164 with 14 othersWilliam is burial number 34163,buried in grave 8709 with 9 others.I do have a plan for the burials at Beckett Street but i dont have the means to post them here,its on a cd rom by the Leeds Indexers,its a copywrited pdf document.There is no guarantee that there wil be any headstones either decipherable or inded still in existance. Hi cnosni,appologies for hijacking this thread but just wondering if you could help with the grave number of my GG grandfather's grave in Beckett St cememtery.I very much doubt there would be a headstone to find.His name was Moses Mann.He was buried there on May 28th 1910(according to the funeral card I have) His wife Elizabeth was also buried there Jan 10th 1929.Any info would be greatly appreciated

[dogduke]

Hi Dakota,Been round the cemtery for stroll round today.The grave numbers kindly supplied by Cnosni are helpful but very few of the graves are marked,possibly less than 5-10%. so I have not found your 3 relatives yet..HOWEVER - is this a member of your familyGrave 3871Jane Wells - died 4thAugust 1885 aged 47Decided to go back and photograph this grave then I couldn't findit again !Shows you how difficult it can be searching there

[compton]

Hi Dakota, I hope you won,t find this upsetting if you read it but I submitted a post on the thread entitled THE FLORENCE, a while ago. It details a story my gran. told me when I was very young about taking a still born baby to Becket st. cemetary for burial. I may have used a too light a tone to relate this story, but I had no intention to offend anyone and told it in the manner my gran. told me. Life was incredibly hard for these folks and they themselves had to be hard to cope with it. Though Burmantofts was called a slum, the people were very clean and respectable, it was common for people to scrub the pavement outside the house on a daily basis and sandstone the front steps with blocks that one could buy from the local general store. Anyone who didn,t uphold these standards were quickly made aware they were letting the street down.