Town in Crisis: Altrincham in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

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The 1852 Board of Health Maps and Other Evidence. Altrincham in the 1850s was the subject of a Board of Health Report by Robert Rawlinson. Like a lot of old market towns in the mid-nineteenth century, Altrincham had grown quickly in population, but didn't have the infrastructure to cope. It had cellar-dwellings, single toilets for whole streets and dung heaps in the streets.

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Town in Crisis