Gains Lane 15 – 16

This aerial photo (taken in 1965) shows the cottages on either side of Gains Lane - where it is joined by what was called Church Lane (as it provided access to the Church for those living in Chapel End).
No 16 is shown - before it was extended - to be of the same design as No 45 Chapel End. In the 19th century it was inhabited by the Hopper, Yeoman, and Brawn families.
No 15 was owned by the Brawns from the 1820s and was occupied by a high turnover of families. There were two cottages until the 1860s when a third was added. These no longer survive.