Date:1937
Description:This is the index for a collection of maps detailing Newcastle-under-Lyme's town planning scheme. Town Planning was a fairly modern concept at the time and enabled the town council to look at the future expansion and use of land. After World War I came to an end, several ‘Town Planning Acts’ were passed by the Government because of the huge demand for working-class housing. Many of the working class houses that remained in the 1930s were classified as ‘slums’ they were over-crowed and outdated – most still had a privy in the yard, no garden and no running water. In the decades that followed many of these houses were demolished in the ‘slum clearances’. On the maps you will see that different areas are shaded in colours according to their current and proposed use. More public open spaces are earmarked as it was acknowledged that access to open spaces was good for the health and well-being of the townspeople. The plans also look at new burial areas (cemeteries), sewers and agricultural land. The collection of maps was finished on 12 October 1937 and was approved by J. Griffiths (clerk to the council). Digitation funded by Heritage Lottery Fund.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
Oil on board depicting cartoon detail of images that were considered by the artist ...
This map shows the lands held in trust by the Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
Ralph Mosley was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1866 to 1887. He owned a draper’s ...
John Hand wearing robes and chains of office. He was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
The Guildhall in Newcastle-under-Lyme was built in 1713 to replace an earlier timber ...
This photograph of Penkhull Street in Newcastle was taken in 1927 and shows canopied ...
The Mayor Choosing ceremony is a tradition in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The newly ...
This view of The Castle Hotel that stood on the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
Watercolour by Alston Emery in 1991 showing the frontage of the Laura Ashley shop, ...
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This is the index for a collection of maps detailing Newcastle-under-Lyme's town planning scheme. Town ...
The town planning scheme allocated areas or zones for different types of development such as residential, ...
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Donor ref:NM.2017.226 (R) (22/34920)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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