Interesting Stories and Notes

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Plan of the houses where Walter lived in Nottingham

Walter Burgar lived firstly in Rancliffe Street and then Sussex Street.   The plan below appears in a Teaching document issued by the University of Nottingham.¹⁶¹

You will see that the houses are back-to-back and only about 10 or 11 foot square. (3 or 3.3m square).  It is not known whether he lived in a house inside the court or one that was on the outside of the court. There were two openings (tunnels)  to the inner court, one on either side.  These provided the only entry into the interior of the court. 

Most of the privies were at the top end of the court, a long run if you lived on the outside of the court.

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