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Sandpit Lane, ST. ALBANS, AL1 4EA

A terrace of villas along Sandpit Lane, dating from around the turn of the 19th/20th century. 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. The houses are locally listed.

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).

A terrace of villas along Sandpit Lane, ending in a former corner shop at its junction with Sandridge Road, now an electrical appliance spares shop. They date from around the turn of the 19th/20th Centuries. 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. The houses are locally listed.

Former electrical appliance spares shop at the junction of Sandpit Lane and Sandridge Road, dating from around the turn of the 19th/20th Centuries. Following closure of the shop, the ground floor space is now being converted to a restaurant.

Towards Sandridge.

Late Victorian terraced housing towards the southern end of Sandridge Road. The second group has a plaque above the central entrance with the inscription "Woodbine Cottages 1882".

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".

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.

Pub in Stonecross, dating originally from 1827 with the name thought to refer to William IV, the Sailor King. The current frontage dates a rebuild in 1899, the year painted above the door.

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.