Original route of Stortford Road
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Original route of Stortford Road
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 27 Sep 2014
It is amazing that this narrow lane was what is now the A1060, a fairly busy A road, but that was the case up to about the 1930s. Old maps show that this was a particularly narrow section. It was bypassed when the road was straightened and a new bridge built over the Roding.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.791185
Longitude
0.294035