IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Thorpe Road, ST. ALBANS, AL1 1RG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Thorpe Road, AL1 1RG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (247 Images Found)
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World War 1 Street Memorial, Bardwell Road
See description below. This one is in Bardwell Road, commemorating the dead of this road and neighbouring Thorpe Road. It as dedicated in June 1920.
For context see Image
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 3 May 2012
0.01 miles
2
Bardwell Road
Late Victorian terrace housing. The building on the left, at its junction with Thorpe Road, is a former shop. All are locally listed.
In the wall on the left can be seen a World War 1 Street Memorial (see Image for close up).
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 3 May 2012
0.02 miles
3
Thorpe Road
Victorian housing, all locally listed.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 3 May 2012
0.02 miles
4
Thorpe Road
Road of late 19th Century terraced houses, first shown on the 1898 1:2,500 map.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 24 Jul 2020
0.03 miles
5
Belmont Hill
Late Victorian houses in Belmont Hill.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 24 Jul 2020
0.04 miles
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Belmont Hill
Late Victorian houses in Belmont Hill.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 24 Jul 2020
0.04 miles
7
Sopwell Lane
The old route into St Albans from London, as a continuation of Old London Road, until the building of the current London Road by Thomas Telford in the late 18th century. All the buildings on the north side of the road are either grade II listed or locally listed, reflecting its historic importance and its preservation as a medieval route. In particular the following buildings are grade II listed:
The White Lion pub is thought to date from the late 16th century - for listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1295719
Beyond this nos. 83 - 89 date from around 1700 - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1347169.
Then no 81 (the first of the two taller buildings) - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1103061
Then no 79 (the second taller building) - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1174501.
In the background is the tower of St Albans Cathedral.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 2 Oct 2011
0.04 miles
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World War 1 Street Memorial, Sopwell Lane
See description below. This one is in Sopwell Lane, commemorating the dead of that street. It was dedicated in June 1920.
See Image for context.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 2 Oct 2011
0.04 miles
9
Cottonmill Crescent
1930s pebble-dashed housing in a road connecting Cottonmill Lane and Old London Road.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 3 May 2012
0.05 miles
10
Belmont Hill
Late Victorian houses in Belmont Hill.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 24 Jul 2020
0.05 miles