General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

My wife lived in Canal Street as a little girl from 1966 until the houses were demolished in the early 1980's The road that runs from the site of the Old Conq to the old canal bridge is incorrectly referred to on modern maps and by some locals as Canal Street. Canal Street only ever had 6 houses in total. They all had even numbers 2 to 12 without any odd numbered houses being referenced or recorded on historic census entries or land surveys. They ran parallel to the canal itself on the piece of land you can see today between The Grove and the entrance to Foster's Playing Fields. This is clearly shown on older maps of the area. The houses that once stood on the road from the Old Conq pub to the canal bridge/Fosters playing fields were more than likely on Ince Green Lane even though down the side of the bridge but they were definitely not in Canal Street.

See old map here: Map link