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Stead Lane was once named Puddlers’ Road and at the bottom of the road was a row of terraced houses called Puddlers’ Row. On your certificate of baptism the address is Rose Cottage, Puddlers’ Lane. Puddlers’ Lane doesn’t appear on any of the old maps and I’ve never heard of it but there have been a few postings on this site about Rose Cottage. It is shown in both the 1939 and 1911 census. I don’t have access to the 1921 census, and it may show the Clark family still living there. In the photo, Rose Cottage is the one with the collapsed roof. Directly opposite the cottage, on the other side of the river was the Ironworks so I can see why the Rose Cottage address is shown to be in “Puddlers’ Lane”. The puddler was the person who worked with the molten ore after it was released from the bottom of the blast furnace. From Wikipedia - “The strenuous labour, heat and fumes caused puddlers to have a short life expectancy, with most dying in their thirties.”

Before James and Annie Clark lived in Shiney row the lived in puddlers lane . Thought that people who liked paper documents might want to look at it .