Hardman's Yard (Photo from Preston - Alan Crosby) According to Alan Crosby, in 1862 this yard (near Preston town centre) contained "21 houses", in which 93 people lived and shared just 3 privies. It is debatable which is preferable - sleeping under a hedg up Pleasant Mount (Photo from Preston - Alan Crosby) Another view. The basement rooms were originally built for hand loom weavers. When power loom weaving suddenly expanded in the 1840s the basements became dwellings. Nigel Morgan estimates over 1000 of thes

Mount Pleasant (Photo from Preston - Alan Crosby) Mount? Pleasant? When outside in the sunshine maybe but these typical terraced houses would have been far from pleasant to live in

Mount Pleasant (Photo from Preston - Alan Crosby) Mount? Pleasant? When outside in the sunshine maybe but these typical terraced houses would have been far from pleasant to live in