East Road
Introduction
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East Road
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 25 May 2020
Victorian cottages (the nearest one on the right has a date plaque of 1883) in East Road. Old maps give the road other names: Gashouse Road on the 1871 1:2,500 map and Gasworks Road on the 1896 edition, both names referring to the town gasworks at its end. The current name first appears on the 1935 edition. Although the gasholders went in the 1960/70s, the site remained the local depot for British Gas until the 1990s, when it was redeveloped for housing (as seen in the background). However East Road itself has retained its Victorian character.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.241935
Longitude
-0.21119