Reading left to right the five 4-storey houses in the picture are numbers 18 - 10. The picture source gives some detailed descriptions of the houses in their 1957 state and informs that in 1813 our two, 12 & 14, were occupied by weavers. They were demolished in the early 1980s, when we should have known better.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
12 & 14 Folgate Street
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Folgate Street houses
1983 This building replaces the two houses 12 & 14 Folgate Street that we...
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Lauderdale House
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