New England Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of New England Street by Simon Carey as part of the Geograph project.
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New England Street
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 31 Jul 2011
Originally the name only applied to the northern part of what was three separate streets. The middle section was New York Street and this part was Fleet Street all packed with terracing housing built in the 1850s to house the workers for the nearby locomotive works. The northern part was demolished in the late 1950s/early 1960s whilst this part went towards the end of the 1960s. To the left was the boundary with the goods yard which had been extended in 1905 but had become a giant car park by the 1980s. The rest was turned into small pockets of housing or office blocks and business premises. The old goods yard was finally redeveloped in the 2000s and with it a new access road to the west which was named Fleet Street leaving this section of New England Street now closed beyond the junction with Ann Street.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.830106
Longitude
-0.137118