This cottage has only three rooms and was once home to a family of nine. Originally the cottage would have had an earth floor, this was subsequently bricked over and later tiled. Where the cottage was originally situated, the nearest supply of fresh water was from a well that was half a mile away.
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Signs of the Past
I am not at all sure about ‘WANTED young girls for bottling and pickling’…
10 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2012
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Elegance on the Incline
For those who are interested in the technical details:
The Hay Inclined Plane connects the canal at Blists Hill with the canal at Coalport, lifting boats 63m using a combination of steam power and gravity. The inclined plane was opened in 1792 and remained in use until the end of the nineteenth century. It survives today [...]
17 Comments CherryPie on May 21st 2012
