Sewer map of Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Date:1850 - 1860 (c.)

Description:This map shows all the drains and sewage system for Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was commissioned by the council after a new law was passed by the Board of Health forced the council to build new drains after the cholera outbreak in 1849.
This map features the drains in Brunswick Street, Kings Field and Etruria Road.

In 1849 of a population of around 10,000 more than 1,700 fell in with cholera with 234 dying of the disease. This was recorded as one of the highest rates of the disease in the country. Sadly about 150 of the victims were buried in unmarked graves. Sanitary conditions in Newcastle were poor. Some houses in Market Lane had no back door or privy and the chamber pots had to be carried through the house to be emptied.

Digitisation funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1920s
Friarswood School Classroom, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Friarswood School Classroom, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This photograph is thought to date to around the 1920s. It shows the inside of ...

1970s
Blackfriars Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Blackfriars Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Photograph of Saint Peter's Mission building on Blackfriars Road.

2000s
The Sutherland Arms, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Sutherland Arms, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Sutherland Arms was built on Blackfriars Road around 1790. It has been known ...