19 High Street
Current
19
High Street
Lowestoft
United Kingdom
The Town Green was originally a northward extension of the High Street but the space on which the green now stands was created out of property destruction and damage caused by WW2 air raids, and one devastating raid in particular in May 1943. CREDIT:Andy Pearce
History
In the 17th century [Nos. 33 occupied the cleared ground-space of former Nos. 19-20 High Street.] - full list here
33. Thomas Mighells – a tenement, with yard, between Nos. 32, 31 & 30 on the north and No. 34 on the south, abutting on to the High Street to the west and Whapload Way to the east. Rent, 4d. per annum.
*The Latin extracts also refer to the property as a tenement with a yard.
• Robert Mighells, on surrender of Robert Smith – 4.12.1670.
• Thomas Mighells, on surrender of Robert Mighells – 27.12.1671.
• John Aldred & Peter Barker, on surrender of Thomas Mighells – 9.7.1684.
• Mary Mighells, on surrender of John Aldred & Peter Barker (mortgage) – 9.7.1684.
• Edward Fleming, only son & heir of Mary Mighells, on forfeiture of mortgage 11.10.1693.
• Robert Mighells, on surrender of Edward Fleming – 11.10.1693.
• Elizabeth Mighells, widow, on surrender of John Aldred & Peter Barker – 3.11.1703.
• Robert Mighells, on death of mother Elizabeth – 9.6.1708.
• Thomas Mighells, on death of father Robert – 17.4.1717.
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12 May 1943, 2100 hours. Some 25 FW 190s, each carrying a single 500 kg HE bomb, swept across the town at 50 ft causing death and destruction on a dreadful scale. 4 bombs in High Street caused very serious damage to cottages and property in the area pictured. CREDIT: Bob Collis
Architecture
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