Marlborough Road
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Marlborough Road
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 10 Sep 2009
Much has changed here over the last sixty years. At one time the camera position would have been close to the entrance to Green's Garage which I think sold Rootes group cars. A little further down at the point where the pedestrian is, there was once a Tudor style 19th century lodge cottage at the entrance to The Planks. Opposite is a car sales centre, which I believe has now gone in favour of a development of apartment buildings, and where the line of cars [extreme right] can be seen behind the hedge there was once a stone built detached house of the mid 19th century where this contributor lived many years ago. Marlborough Road was originally the A345 and was the main road into the town from the south, but it has now been downgraded to B4289.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.5499
Longitude
-1.772662