Bestwood: former railway cottages
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bestwood: former railway cottages by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © John Sutton Taken: 13 Jul 2011
These much-altered houses were built in 1897 by W E Shaw of Ilkeston as houses for employees of the Great Northern Railway. For more about the station at Bestwood, which was on the embankment to the left which is now a cycle route, see Image] and Image