Concrete Cottages were among the earliest concrete houses yo be built in England. They were erected in the 1970s to house miners from Cortonwood Colliery and lasted until the 1960s. They had flat roofs and were also known locally as 'Little Palestine'. The cottages stood at the northern end of Brapmton Bierlow, off Knollbeck Lane, next to the boundary between Barmpton Bierlow and Wombwell. The site is now occupied by roads called Bierlow Close and Spring Drive. Rotherham Archives & Local Studies Service has some photographs of Concrete Cottages and can supply copies from old maps showing their position and layout. Tony Munford Rotherham England -----Original Message----- From: duncan payling [mailto:duncanp@bigpond.net.au] Sent: 03 April 2003 09:33 To: ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ROTH] PAYLING - coal miners - Brampton Bierlow - Rawmash G'day Tracy and Listers, I hope this query is appropriate for this list Tracy. Brampton Bierlow - I have a great granduncle,Thomas Payling, coalminer living in what were described as 36 Concrete Houses (cottages) Brampton Bierlow in 1881 Census. Is anyone able to give me the general area (map location) in which these cottages were located? Is anyone aware of any photos on file anywhere? Also if anyone can advise which pit he would have been employed in a to qualify for such housing? Rawmarsh - I have a ggf and family, all coal miners living at Oak Terrace, off Green Lane Rawmarsh (no longer there?) I have located position on an old OS map but would like to know if anyone has come across any photos of the area in their research? Thanks in anticipation. Best Wishes from Melbourne, Australia Duncan Payling ==== ENG-ROTHERHAM Mailing List ==== Remember to say 'please' and 'thankyou' in your postings - both go a long way to getting responses. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

G'day Tony, Thanks for the background info. At least I should now be able to locate their position on the map and where to look for photos. Regards, Duncan Payling, Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Munford" <tony@munford1723.freeserve.co.uk> To: <ENG-ROTHERHAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 6:16 PM Subject: RE: [ROTH] PAYLING - coal miners - Brampton Bierlow - Rawmash > Concrete Cottages were among the earliest concrete houses yo be built in > England. They were erected in the 1970s to house miners from Cortonwood > Colliery and lasted until the 1960s. They had flat roofs and were also > known locally as 'Little Palestine'. The cottages stood at the northern > end of Brapmton Bierlow, off Knollbeck Lane, next to the boundary > between Barmpton Bierlow and Wombwell. The site is now occupied by > roads called Bierlow Close and Spring Drive. > > Rotherham Archives & Local Studies Service has some photographs of > Concrete Cottages and can supply copies from old maps showing their > position and layout. > > Tony Munford > Rotherham > England