The Butchers
CLUE: Outside the old local butcher's shop front on the street sign, find the first letter that appears twice.
On the corner of Benyon Street and North Street was where Holl's Butcher's used to be in the 19th century.
Before the Victorian housing estate was built, here stood the Castlefields Flaxmill. It was built by the Benyon Brothers, who this street was named after. Find out more...
If you look at the rows of houses you might have noticed that they vary in not only height but also brick type. This is because the area was split up into plots and each plot was built on by different small groups of local builders each of whom would have built in their own styles.
The road is named after two of the original owners of the Ditherington Flaxmill - the Benyon brothers. They, along with Charles Bage, left the partnership with John Marshall and built a second massive Flaxmill in Castlefields - right where you are now!
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