For what it's worth, I did write a street-by-street history of Louth a little while back: http://www.caitlingreen.org/p/the-streets-of.html … :)https://twitter.com/CatherineEsse/status/783746086016053248 …
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Re: The Gatherums, was a key religious & industrial area of early Louth, tho' by 19thC was 'slum' housing+brothels:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/587941076285132800 …
Engine-Gate Walk, Louth: Enginegate=old name for Broadbank, in turn a Victorian renaming of Lowgate after fire engine house built in 1821...pic.twitter.com/8jupZIOXLJ
St James's Church, Louth, from Westgate; road first mentioned in 1317 & seems to have been home to the grandest houses of 13th–16thC Louth.pic.twitter.com/Gt048lYGf7
Turner's 'The Horse Fair, Louth', 1827, from a sketch of 1797; note, market held nr Church in Upgate from 1785–1802: http://art-turner.com/turner_1820_40.html …pic.twitter.com/jgbsyNMd6h
Upgate is another medieval street, first mentioned in 1442, & has the oldest house in Louth, the L15th/16thC Cromwell House (aka The Helal).pic.twitter.com/CulzwhuLta
The 'Louth Stone' was located at the junction of Upgate & Mercer Row from at least 1503 until 1827, when was moved; now outside the museum.pic.twitter.com/K38cASypf0
Note, sign which claims Louth Stone was at Julian Bower is completely baseless—derives from 19thC antiquarian speculation involving druids!
smoot is now a unit of measure, is there a past definition that has gone out of use?
Yes, as a passageway or entry, see http://www.cantab.net/users/michael.behrend/repubs/lincs_dialect_18c/pages/main.html …
fabulous resource! Thanks so much. I'd buy you a pint if I was there. Have a great day.
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