Walton Street

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Walton Street

Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 5 Jul 2021

Housing in the mainly late 19th/early 20th Century development of "Sandridge New Town", an area of land between Sandpit Lane and Sandridge Road, originally outside the boundaries of St Albans and in the parish of Sandridge, prior to the extension of the municipal area in 1879, just south of where Boundary Road was laid out. The houses here were built on the site of St Peter's Brickworks, which operated from the area between Heath Road and Walton Street from 1882 to 1899 and which produced many of the bricks used for the early development of the neighbouring roads. The plaque on the nearest building, unusual in the road for being a detached house, is inscribed "Cranleigh Cottage".

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.759126
Longitude
-0.327219