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Sandpit Lane, ST. ALBANS, AL1 4DY

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.

Late Victorian terraced cottages. Prior to the development of this area it was outside the St Albans boundary, and was instead part of Sandridge. The area was absorbed into St Albans when the city boundaries were extended in 1879, but when developed was still known as Sandridge New Town. All the cottages are locally listed.

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 nearest building has a plaque inscribed "St Lukes 1898".

Block of 12 flats built in the late 20th Century replacing an Edwardian house, 21 Avenue Road.

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. Although most of this section of the road was built in the late 19th Century, being shown on the 1898 1:2,500 map, the building in the centre of this photo including the archway, is later, with the plot shown as undeveloped on that map. However development, both on the road and behind, is shown on the 1924 edition, with the 1963 1:1,250 map marking it as a builder's yard. The buildings behind were converted to housing in the early 2000, as The Mews.

Terrace of villas at the start of Sandpit Lane, dating from around the turn of the 19th/20th Centuries. The nearest two have name plaques in the gables of Park Villa (no 11) and Enmore (no 9).

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 plaque on the nearest building is inscribed "Gladstone Cottage".

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 (in the background) was laid out. Most of the housing in the area is terraced - the two nearest buildings at the southern end of Heath Road are an exception.

A pair of Edwardian houses in Avenue Road. Slightly hidden beyond, with the dormer window, is no 15, one of the few houses on the road shown on the 1898 25 inch map.