Victorian cottage on Burton Road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Victorian cottage on Burton Road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Victorian cottage on Burton Road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 5 Aug 2018
There's very little to show the origin of this cottage, but the gate into the little field is the nearest to a give-away. This was the crossing keeper's cottage for a level crossing on the Ashby to Melbourne and Derby railway line which closed to passengers in 1930, and freight in 1980. The V-shape of the field is due to there being a junction here to sidings which themselves followed the line of the original horse-drawn Ticknall Tramway. The sidings served the towns gasworks, with a large gasometer at the end of the field where the blue shed can be seen. Until 1927, the Burton and Ashby tram ran along the main road here. There is a bench mark http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5874466 on the corner of the cottage.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.748111
Longitude
-1.475677