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According to 18th century maps, there were two southerly routes out of Hungerford, not one as at present. One ran due south from the Church, along the modern Church Way and so following roughly the line of Salisbury Road. The second road veered left at the top of the High Street along the old "Moon Lane' and Priory Road as far as De Montfort Grove. For more on these routes see "Roads and Tracks".
The most northerly part of Moon Lane includes a terrace of eight 19th century cottages, now called "Salisbury Row". The next section, between Salisbury Row and Tarrants Hill, is now called Priory Place, but when the cottages were upgraded with overhanging bathrooms in the mid 20th century they were given the nickname "Lavatory Lane".
An auction sale, 1850:
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On 13th December 1850 an auction of freehold and leasehold property took place in the Three Swans Inn, arranged by Alex. Davis, in eight lots. The lots included a house in the High Street, aland in Church Lane, four freehold cottages in Moon Lane, eight further cottages in Moon Lane, three properties in Church Croft and two cottages in the High Street.
We do not yet know which properties all these related to, but the two cottages in the High Street may have been 36-37 High Street.
The sale was arranged following the bankruptcy of William Barnes.
The names of all the tenants at the time (1850) are listed.
(With thanks to Gill Rowland, December 2025).
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The Canal Wharf, 2011