Hello Listers, I know you're all full of information so just wondered if anyone knew what the Nun(n)s Buildings, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth were and who would have lived there. I have a number of NUNNS family member there in 1871 census. They were mainly stone masons. I have Googled, but to no avail. Thanks in anticipation, Gail

From: Gail Ball <gball@oddpost.com> > I know you're all full of information so just wondered if anyone knew > what the Nun(n)s Buildings, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth were and who > would have lived there. I have a number of NUNNS family member there > in 1871 census. They were mainly stone masons. I have Googled, but > to no avail.> I don't know the actual buildings personally, but it is likely they were a collection of houses built round a courtyard, tightly packed together, or some such arrangement. They were very common indeed in large towns and cities in the 19th century and you often come across in the censuses names like "Smith's Yard" and "Robinson's Court" etc. Frequently they were named after perhaps the first family to occupy one of the dwellings or possibly after the chap who built them. Since your family were stone masons, it seems possible they were builders as well. If you happen to have the 1881 CDs, do a search in "Neighbours - Advanced Query" by just entering the one word "buildings". You will find many such addresses in Horsforth and elsewhere. I would imagine they were demolished long ago, since such places usually tended to become grossly over-crowded slums. -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE