Railway Cottages, Old Oak Lane
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Railway Cottages, Old Oak Lane
Image: © Martin Addison Taken: 1 Mar 2012
These cottages form part of an estate built by the London & North Western Railway in 1889 to house its workers in the vicinity of Willesden Junction with its locomotive shed and extensive freight yards. Many of the houses on Old Oak lane and the surrounding streets remain unmodified and the estate has been designated a conservation area since 1990 due to its importance to the social history of the area. Several of the street names have strong connections with railway history - Crewe, Stoke, Stephenson and Webb.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.531019
Longitude
-0.248065