Sleapshyde
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sleapshyde by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
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Sleapshyde
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 24 Jun 2009
Up until the 1930s and the building of the North Orbital Road nearby, Sleapshyde was just an isolated rural hamlet with a farm, a pub, a chapel, and a few cottages. Since then it has expanded considerably. This green is the historical centre of the hamlet. The grey metal post in the centre carries a nameboard with "Sleap's Hyde", while old Ordnance Survey maps from the 1870s up to the 1930s describe the hamlet as Sleepshyde.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.747809
Longitude
-0.259391