Branthwaite Brow

The road or lane extending from the eastern corner of the Market Place Branthwaite Bow joins Stamongate, Kent Street and Finkle Street.

Curwen, 1900

This lane was formerly very narrow, but it was almost doubled in width by order of the Board of Health in the year 1851. This improvement neccesitated the pulling down of some rickety old houses which stood on the west side. The new shops which were built fronting on to this widened street, were erected with iron-plate fronts to ecomomise on space, and bear date 1853. The lowest shop, Edmondson's, on the east side, was set back and rounded off soon after 1851.