BackWallgate

Is there, was there such a place?

in Macclesfield

Nowt here

If tha'd lived in a terraced 'ouse wi'a back yard, it probably 'ad a back wall wi'a gate in it!

Phred.

Nice find Eront.

Question was raised following Pisolivadi's sugggestion Here

Note how 'graveyard' on Mache's map goes right up to the railway.

Pre King Street West.

Aye does moulding know

Will do now.

On the 1861 census I had family living in 20 Adelaide St - back. I recently posted a map of Adelaide st (1907) and you can see that there were separate dwellings - literally the back walls divided 2 houses. They would have been accessed through a narrow passage - this is halfway down the street on the left hand side. In later years they seemed to have been relabelled as Bimsons and then Simpsons yard. Just a theory, I'll flick through censuses for the same year to see if there are any references to Back Wallgate or Wallgate back.

1861 census lists Back Wallgate in St. Thomas's parish.