The Rock Cutting,Tettenhall, looking towards Newbridge
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The Rock Cutting,Tettenhall, looking towards Newbridge
Image: © John M Taken: 21 Apr 2007
The cutting for the turnpike was opened in 1823. Image A painting in 1837 shows the same view. http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?txtKeywords=&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&txtDateFrom=&txtDateTo=&X1=386358&Y1=298709&X2=390543&Y2=302195&scale=2&originator=%2Fengine%2FGIS%2Fdefault%5Fhndlr%2Easp&page=3&records=28&direction=1&pointer=20907&text=0&resource=10302 Open countryside stretched between here and the town centre. The racecourse would have been on what is now the West Park. Trees mark the boundary of the Lower Green.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.598577
Longitude
-2.164131