A street view showing a terrace of pit-houses in Oakenshaw, a colliery village, most likely seen from the south

Date:
circa 1955 - circa 1980
Location:
Institute Street, Greater Willington, County Durham
Reference:
UXC01/01/01/1325/11A
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Oakenshaw was built as a colliery village for the workers of Oakenshaw Colliery and their families. Institute Street has a terrace of two storey, two bay houses with a garden on the east elevation, and back yard attached to the west elevation.

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: UXC01/01/01 Series of 35mm negatives showing English architecture; within the Series: UXC01/01 Series of negatives showing English architecture; within the Collection: UXC01 Ursula Clark Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Clark, Ursula

Keywords

Victorian Terraced House