Now, I like the way that stories on the blog are often followed up by contributions by people.
And today I am pleased that John Anthony Hewitt took the time to offer up a personal recollection on a story I ran yesterday, which was all about Oswald Field.*
Anthony wrote,
“Hi Andrew Simpson, good story, but I could feel my ears burning. Please allow me to correct an error in your narrative. You have referred to Claridge Road and Fielden Terrace in the same context, but that is not historically accurate.
It was only during the 1950s that the name of Clarence Road was changed to Claridge Road.
The 1894 map records Fielden Terrace as mentioned in your story, however, the 1915 map shows the name had changed to Fielden Avenue, a name retained to the present day.
In fact, I have reason to believe that Fielden Terrace was the name of the road, whereas the row of houses was named Sunnyside. These houses have been demolished and bungalows built as replacement homes. A photograph of Sunnyside, aka Fielden Terrace, below is no m17819 from the ML Collection and dated 1873.
The houses are numbered left to right 26-2, the house with the street and terrace names is no. 26 (ML has the numbers reversed). My childhood home was no. 22, third from the left. As a further anomaly, all the houses had 3-room cellars, including the coal storage room, except for nos 22-26, which had only 2-room cellars.
The cellar room at the back of the house had not been dug out with the handed down reason that the space was occupied by a very large tree. Now that I am older and have become more familiar with local history I rather suspect that the real reason may have concerned possible marl pits, although this is no more than a suspicion”.
To which I shall just say thank you to John Anthony
John Anthony Hewitt © 2019
Location; Chorlton
Picture; Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 2-26 Fielden Avenue, Sunnyside (2-4), 1973 m17819, courtesy of Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council, http://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php?session=pass
* Oswald Field, five cottages, a slice of rural Chorlton, and a bit of a mystery part 1, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2019/06/oswald-field-five-cottages-slice-of.html
And today I am pleased that John Anthony Hewitt took the time to offer up a personal recollection on a story I ran yesterday, which was all about Oswald Field.*
Anthony wrote,
It was only during the 1950s that the name of Clarence Road was changed to Claridge Road.
The 1894 map records Fielden Terrace as mentioned in your story, however, the 1915 map shows the name had changed to Fielden Avenue, a name retained to the present day.
In fact, I have reason to believe that Fielden Terrace was the name of the road, whereas the row of houses was named Sunnyside. These houses have been demolished and bungalows built as replacement homes. A photograph of Sunnyside, aka Fielden Terrace, below is no m17819 from the ML Collection and dated 1873.
The houses are numbered left to right 26-2, the house with the street and terrace names is no. 26 (ML has the numbers reversed). My childhood home was no. 22, third from the left. As a further anomaly, all the houses had 3-room cellars, including the coal storage room, except for nos 22-26, which had only 2-room cellars.
The cellar room at the back of the house had not been dug out with the handed down reason that the space was occupied by a very large tree. Now that I am older and have become more familiar with local history I rather suspect that the real reason may have concerned possible marl pits, although this is no more than a suspicion”.
To which I shall just say thank you to John Anthony
John Anthony Hewitt © 2019
Location; Chorlton
Picture; Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 2-26 Fielden Avenue, Sunnyside (2-4), 1973 m17819, courtesy of Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council, http://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php?session=pass
* Oswald Field, five cottages, a slice of rural Chorlton, and a bit of a mystery part 1, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2019/06/oswald-field-five-cottages-slice-of.html
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