perry's yard
perry's yard
Off South Street
Perry’s Yard was a tiny ‘court’ off South Street just along from the Baptist Church but completely enclosed by other buildings. The site is now occupied by Pegasus Court, next to the Newnam Memorial Hall.
Perry's Yard was
named after
John Perry
who ran a
temperance hotel
at 78 South
Street and also
had a smithy in
Tabernacle Lane.
Perry's Yard lay
immediately
behind the
hotel.
Perry’s Yard
only appears in
the 1891 census
when just two
people lived
there; 59-year
old shoemaker
Charles Seymour
and his 60-year
old sister
Maria, a straw
milliner. Both
were unmarried.
