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dblun
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Anyone know the location or have info about the following streets in Sunderland ... Golden Alley ( from 1851 census) and Church Street Market Open (from 1871 census) 
Thanks 
Dorothy
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stanmapstone
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My answers only refer to England and Wales
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Golden Alley was at 30 High Street East, next to Gray Street, it was 9 feet wide, and ran through to Coronation Street it apparently got its name because of its rich inhabitants, like Silver Street and Fitters Row, it once housed the 'elite' of the town, but became a slum in the 19th century.
Go to http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/pip/singlezoom.asp?img=p1666&ref1=1813 if you zoom in Golden Alley is the seventh street west of the area marked 'Intended Market'
From "Tough Times and Grisly Crimes" by Nigel Green ISBN 0-9551635-0-1
The 'Nightside of Sunderland' was published in 1876, and revealed the sordid world of "Golden Alley". One quote; "I had heard a good deal of the evil reputation of Golden Alley and suspicious-looking customers dodging warily about the lane in the shadows added to my fear"
Church Street Market Open is probably an short alley off Church Street (East) through to the Old Market. It is not listed in the Lanes, Alleys of Old Sunderland.
Stan
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Mapstone, Mapston. Sunderland, Somerset
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dblun
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Here goes RG number - RG10 Piece-5017
Folio - 53, Sunderland Enumeration District 4 in Sunderland West County Durham
Shows William Kitchen and family with address Church Street Market Open , Sunderland
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Stan
Thanks so much for the street information. Opens the mind to interesting thoughts. The Kitchen family was living in Golden Alley when father went to gaol for ' not providing for them'!
Maps are great !
Now I would like to read the books you reference. never ends does it!!
Dorothy
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