I think that ‘we’ can safely assume that the church owned the land here on which these houses were built; otherwise there seems little point naming the road after them. The houses were built in the 1800’s, late, when mining was well underway. Pubs are often named after such things, The Pit Pony, The Miners, The Hen & Chicken (named after coal seems). Then, of course along came the Luftwaffe and’ Bemmy’ took another battering, this time from above. So, the area, if not the house has quite an history, but it has taken it all in it’s stride and more recently the roof space here has been converted, so what was originally a modest two or three bedroomed house has grown, a bit like Topsey, but, all was generally well…   more »

I have just seen a purpose built flat in one of my favourite developments just across the Suspension Bridge. It was a first floor flat in a seemingly well run block. It was all up together and in good condition. It is in a quite area, for the time being, until the National Trust start herding in the cattle that they have announced will graze the woods…   more »