Cottages to Tenements
- GVHeritage Groups
- Nov 30, 2024
- 1 min read
by the West Street Heritage Group for Futures Past
The West Street neighbourhood remained rural in character and given over to agriculture throughout the post-medieval period (16th-18th centuries). This was reflected in the names of pubs along the street: The Three Horse Shoes, the Plough and Windmill, the White Horse, the Lamb.
By the early 19th century, with the advent of coal mining and other industries, a significant change from agricultural to residential was evident.
Tenement buildings, like Tovey's Buildings with a cellar/basement began to appear along the street and remained in use well into the 20th century.
And yet local resident Bob Bennett recalls that even as late as the mid-20th century cattle were herded along West Street on their way to market.
West Street Origins (document by Lew Pedlar, Memories of Bedminster)
