Welcome to Ironville

Image: © Alan Walker Taken: 1 Jun 2011

  Although not the same prospect this area of Ironville was photographed for the BBC's Domesday Project. Since then the area has undergone redevelopment (nearby signage suggests circa. 2006) and some of the buildings seen in the Domesday photograph have been removed. This photograph of boarded up shop fronts was taken in King William Square. The stones on the right of the photograph in the paved area are cobbles. To see the photograph from the BBC's Domesday Project of this area, click here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-440000-351000/picture/1 and to see its 2011 equivalent, click here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2441241 . For another photograph of King William Square, click here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2441267 . * * * For a local news story (Ripley and Heanor News) describing the removal of the King William Public house that stood on this site, click here: http://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/local/king_billy_faces_final_bulldozer_1_718611 . For an interesting collection of much older photographs of the area from the Jacksdale and Westwood Community Website web site, click here: http://www.jacksdale.org.uk/pages/homep/ivkingbillysreet.htm .

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