
| L2903. These temporary wooden huts near Chetwode formed part of the navvy settlement that was erected by Walter Scott & Co. to house the men at work on Contract No.6 of the Last Main Line. Although simple by today's standards, the huts provided the navvies and their families with a relatively good standard of accommodation when compared with many other working class dwellings of the period. | |
| Publisher | |
| Contributor | Leicestershire County Council |
| Creator | personalname - S. W. A Newton |
| Date | creation - circa 1897 |
| Type | Photographs - black and white |
| Format | dimension.H - 162mm dimension.W - 216mm |
| Identifier | Newton - 12/4 |
| Source | S. W. A. Newton Collection - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland |
| Language | EN |
| Relation | copy of - glass plate negative part of - S. W. A. Newton Collection |
| Coverage | Location.Current Repository - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Location.Creation Site - Chetwode, Buckinghamshire period - circa 1897 |
| Rights | Leicestershire County Council |