There was a mix of businesses and homes on the street side. The courts were any part beyond the main front building. Sometimes the houses were a single block built together but often they were a mix of different developments, sometimes detached.
The plots were originally gardens for the front property but as the need for property grew they started building along the garden. They were initially called yards and were often named after the business or owner at the front. Some point in the late 1800s they became courts with a number.
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Fooman Norfolk
257 of 263Wed 7th Jun 2023 6:41pm
Thank you both for the information and detail - I'm hoping we can get all the photos and details we've found collated and to show Great Grandma what we've found and she will no doubt correct us if anything is wrong so I'll let you know!!
Sue
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NeilsYard Coventry
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258 of 263Fri 20th Oct 2023 10:54am
The building that was Gosford Meat Supplies is the one that became (temporarily!) Whitefriars Ale House -
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NeilsYard Coventry
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259 of 263Mon 19th Feb 2024 4:46pm
Helen I'm just reviewing the Historic England archive and I'm sure there are some new additions - this is with some images of The Mermaid - I think it might be the passageway to the side numbered as 110 on the 1950 map -
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Helen F Warrington
260 of 263Mon 19th Feb 2024 5:02pm
I've got it as court 13, behind number 32, with the rear of the Blue Pig on the right. North side of the road.
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NeilsYard Coventry
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261 of 263Mon 25th Mar 2024 12:27pm
Dean Nelson just posted this one on FB and thanks to Heathite's directories I've been able to locate as 62 Gosford St on the left - Maison Dawes Hairdressers and No.63 to the right - Jesse Franklin Ladieswear. 63 later became the Alex Cafe - opposite where National Tyres are today.
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Helen F Warrington
262 of 263Mon 25th Mar 2024 1:16pm
Nice one! And from Rob's Collection in 1929 they were building number 62.
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NeilsYard Coventry
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263 of 263Mon 25th Mar 2024 4:27pm
Cheers Helen - as with many - the road looks so much narrower there compared to how it is now.