RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted July 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2014 Found on Geograph: The only surviving railway navvy housing in Britain for SK8519 This building, at Edmondthorpe & Wymondham Station, protected as a Grade II Listed Building, is believed by English Heritage to be the only surviving example of navvy housing, provided by railway contractors for their itinerant workforce and their wives and children. Concern about insanitary and crowded conditions led to better accommodation being provided by the time of the building of the Great Central Railway, the Manchester Ship Canal and – on a smaller scale – the Saxby & Bourne Railway in the 1890s. A second, similar, house was demolished in 1988. This information comes from “Building a Railway: Bourne to Saxby”, ed Stewart Squires and Ken Hollamby (Lincoln Record Society, 2009), who write: “The housing [for 10-12 people] may seem primitive by present-day standards but in the late nineteenth century it would have been an improvement on the cottages of the rural poor.” This is the rail side of the navvy house, now used as outbuildings by the occupants of the former Station Master’s House, which is seen on the right (and is much extended and altered since the closure of the railway – to passengers in 1959 and to freight in 1964). The flat-roofed shed to the left is modern. © Copyright John Sutton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Miles Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 There was a navvy hut found recently at Appleby on the S&C. It was moved to Settle where I believe it now is in use as a garage. See http://www.foscl.org.uk/sites/foscl.org.uk/files/FoSCL%20Mag%20Aug%2012%20email%20version.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2014 There was a navvy hut found recently at Appleby on the S&C. It was moved to Settle where I believe it now is in use as a garage. See http://www.foscl.org.uk/sites/foscl.org.uk/files/FoSCL%20Mag%20Aug%2012%20email%20version.pdf After going through all 46 pages I can't find it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Miles Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Apologies, I thought I had the right version of their newsletter. Try this - not as good but it gives some idea. http://onduline.co.uk/news/detail.aspx?newsItemId=29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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