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Atarah · 14-10-2009, 15:03

I just take it to mean the terminology "basement flat" is a modern day version of a "cellar dwelling".

But cellar dwellings would have had the old slop stone sinks, cold running water, no light, cramped conditions (Victorian families tended to be very large), - at the most two rooms, not very pleasant places to live I should imagine.

14-10-2009, 15:03	#25
Atarah Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: ACCRINGTON Posts: 2,358 Liked: 95 times Rep Power: 11531	Re: Local History question I just take it to mean the terminology "basement flat" is a modern day version of a "cellar dwelling". But cellar dwellings would have had the old slop stone sinks, cold running water, no light, cramped conditions (Victorian families tended to be very large), - at the most two rooms, not very pleasant places to live I should imagine.