Plan of Slum Clearance Area 26 - Foden Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a plan of houses that were demolished under the Housing Act, 1930 in Foden Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Some of the streets that surrounded Foden Street were demolished at a later date.
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 27 - Bath Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This plan shows the Bath Street Clearance Area, Newcastle-under-Lyme, which was later a subject of demolition under Housing Order 1935.
The houses would have been in a bad state of repair.
The Borough ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 36 - Victoria Place, Miles Green, Audley
Over 30 buildings were demolished in this slum clearance area in the early 1960s. The rural location of these houses suggest that they were once inhabited by miners who worked nearby.
In 1914 a report ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 44 - Dunkirk, Chesterton
This is a plan of a couple of houses that were demolished under the Housing Act 1930. The site is now (2024) occupied by industrial units.
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 46 - Church Street, Chesterton
This plan shows the houses on Church Street, Chesterton that were the subject of demolition following the Housing Act, 1930. The names of the streets have not changed. This area is currently (February ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 47 - Hick Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a slum clearance plan of Hick Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The houses shown were demolished under the Housing Act of 1930.
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 50 - Friars Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a plan of the slum clearance area on Friars Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. In comparison with some of the other areas demolished after the Housing Act, 1930, this is a small area, only involving ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 53 - Goose Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a slum clearance plan of Goose Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme which includes houses at the end of Penkhull Street, which later became part of the High Street. These buildings were demolished due ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 59 - Station Road, Longport
This is a plan of slum clearance area showing Station Road, Longport. These houses were demolished following the Housing Act 1930, because they were unfit for human inhabitation.
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 60 - Bristol Street, Wolstanton
This is a plan of the houses on Bristol Street, Wolstanton. They were demolished following the Housing Act 1930.
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 60 - Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a slum clearance plan of Rye Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme. These houses were a subject of demolition following the Housing Act 1930, due to them being dangerous to live in. It is close to two other ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 82 - Factory Yard, Silverdale
This is a plan of slum clearance at Factory Yard, Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme. In the mid-19th century there was a silk manufactory on the site to the side of the clearance area shown in red, hence ...
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 83 - Church Lane, Wolstanton
This is a plan of a slum clearance area for Church Lane, Wolstanton. These houses were a subject to demolition following the Housing Act 1930.
Plan of Slum Clearance Area 84 - Loomer Bridge, Chesterton
This is a slum clearance plan of Loomer Bridge, Chesterton. These five houses were demolished under the Housing Act 1930. The street was probably named after a bridge which formerly crossed over the ...
Pointon's house and farm, Primitive Street, Mow Cop
Pointon's house was the first place used by the Primitive Methodists in Mow Cop. Preachers used to come to the house fortnightly to take services, but they sometimes failed to arrive. This happened on ...
Porthill, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken from the corner of First Avenue, and looks down Porthill Bank towards Longport.
Racecourse Cottages, Silverdale
These six cottages on Downing Street, Silverdale were demolished around 1936. There were a total of 16 people who lived in these houses, and on the photograph you can see four of them, most likely neighbours. ...
Rear view of Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the poor state of repair many of the older buildings in Newcastle-under-Lyme had reached by the 1960s. This building was demolished to make way for the deveopment of the Civic Offices....