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From: "Anne or Gordon Major" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] Monks Coppenhall
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:07:45 +1000
References: 71945522


Sorry to butt in, but I am really interested in Monks Coppenhall as well.
My husband's g.grandfather was a forge man in Crewe (at Crewe Works I would
think) and lived at no.129 Mill Street, Monks Coppenhall as at 1871. It
would be wonderful to get any info. available, and I would be very grateful
indeed if you could perhaps also send me a copy of the map please. I have
managed to find a photo of Mill Street on the 'net which will go nicely in
my file, but if there was any chance that the house itself was still
there.............!

Any help or info. is really appreciated,

Anne - Melbourne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam and Paul Gray" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:35 AM
Subject: RE: [CHS] Monks Coppenhall


> Hi Shirley
>
> There are still several very old streets in the town centre area of Crewe.
> Monks Coppenhall is still an area of Crewe. However, during the
development
> of the railway the area now known as Crewe, was generally known as Monks
> Coppenhall.
> The streets in the town centre are Betley Street, Tollit Street, Dorfold
> Street plus another which name I can't remember. These I believe were for
> the workers. The vast majority of this type of house was demolished in the
> 1950-60's.
>
> Some slightly bigger houses exist in what is now Victoria Street and is
> locally known as Gaffers Row, as the name suggests, the foremen etc lived
> here.
>
> Most of what we now know as Monks Coppenhall, ie the North of Crewe, still
> has many terraced houses that were built between 1880 and 1900 and these
> would have also housed a mixture of workers and foremen.
>
> I think I have some old maps of Crewe/Monks Coppenhall if you think they
> would be useful I could scan an email to you.
>
> If you have a specific address, I would be pleased to check it for you and
> take pictures etc.
>
> I believe the name Crewe, came about because of Lord Crewe whose land was
> used to in the expansion of the railway.
>
> Hope this is useful
>
> Pam and Paul Gray
> Crewe, Cheshire
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shirley Brittan [mailto:]
> Sent: 18 July 2005 21:02
> To:
> Subject: [CHS] Monks Coppenhall
>
>
> Please could someone tell me do any of the original houses for Railway
> workers remain in Monks Coppenhall? Thank you Shirley
>
>
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