Wolsey and Carlton Roads, Oxford
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Wolsey and Carlton Roads, Oxford
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 28 Jul 2010
The white-painted house is 32 Carlton Road. Its neighbour on the other side of the lamp-post is 61 Wolsey Road. They don't look a great deal different and the accommodation they provide is probably broadly similar, three bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and one or two reception rooms. They are even about the same age having been built in 1933 or 34. However the then occupiers of the redbrick house were deemed to be such a threat to the wellbeing of the occupiers of the white house that a wall was built across the road between the two to keep them separate. This curious example of segregation in the United Kingdom survived more or less intact for the entire period from 1934 until 1959 (a car did crash into it in 1936 but the wall was quickly repaired). 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
51.786996
Longitude
-1.265945