Newtown, Leeds

Si · Post by Si » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 12:18 pm

Nice work, Liits!

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 12:38 pm

Leodian wrote: Si wrote: ceejaylufc wrote: Does anybody know the boundaries of Newtown, Leeds in the 1860's-1880's ?Many thanks for any help Chris Perhaps this 1908 map will help?(Click on the red X to view.) These old maps are great. I love looking at them. The amount of houses crammed into small areas seems staggering now. From just a quick look at the map I saw some terrific street names, such as:-Friendly Street. Fertile Street. Recovery Street. Mushroom Street. Mushroom Place. Pendulum Street, which is next to Time Street. There will no doubt be many other great street names. They don't name them like those anymore! Mushroom Street still exists, although there isn't much on it these dayshttp://snipurl.com/18jrxu

simong · Post by **simong** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 2:10 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Mushroom Street still exists, although there isn't much on it these dayshttp://snipurl.com/18jrxu There isn't a lot of space on it...

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 2:32 pm

simong wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Mushroom Street still exists, although there isn't much on it these dayshttp://snipurl.com/18jrxu There isn't a lot of space on it... So you'd say there wasn't much room there now then?

anthonydna · Post by **anthonydna** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 2:35 pm

You must be a fun guy with jokes like that!

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 6:46 pm

liits wrote: While "Newtown" is marked on the map, it doesn't seem to be a defined area as such so some parts of it may well lay outside the strictly defind ward boundary [like across to the other side of Beckett Street]. I think you are right it is defined by the housing that was built there to take the overspill from Leeds and Hunslet, and not by strict boundaryIt's a matter of picking out the housing developments that led to the area then being referred to Newtown. Poor quality back to backs centered on Dolly Lane essentially.I have family who came from from Pottery Field Hunslet mainly but some were at Newtown and when you think about it it's only a 20 minute walk or so between the two.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 7:01 pm

liits wrote: While "Newtown" is marked on the map, it doesn't seem to be a defined area as such The 1840's show the housing developed along Mushroom Street and "Newtown" is the name sat directly on that mapped development. As the housing spread east it crossed Dolly Lane and was extended to be built on "Lincoln Field". Then on later maps "Lindoln Field" is dropped and the extended area has "newtown" marked on it to the east of it's original placing. Seems the boundaries moved with the housing development.....Two large claypits and brickworks were dug and built to make the bricks during the development, prior to that bricks were more crudely made in a "brick field" all marked on maps......