Carlton and Wolsey Roads, Oxford
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Carlton and Wolsey Roads, Oxford
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 28 Jul 2010
Why bother with this? Streetview do it just as well. In most cases I wouldn't have. However, there is a reason and it's to do with class distinctions. The white house on the left is 59 Carlton Road. Its neighbour on the right is 94 Wolsey Road. Carlton Road was developed by a private company; Wolsey Road by the City of Oxford. The street names are different because the private company didn't want the reputation of its estate sullied by association with the council estate. The developers felt so strongly about this that they built a wall between the two houses extending across the road towards the viewpoint. Hard to credit but it stayed there for the great majority of the time between late 1934 and 9th March 1959. To find out why read on. Note. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.787177
Longitude
-1.266087