IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Gainsborough Avenue, ST. ALBANS, AL1 4NJ

Cul-de-sac off Clarence Road, marked without development on the 1924 1:2,500 map (when it was shown as Wormleighton Road), but not seeing any building until the northern side (seen here) was developed in the 1930s. The southern side was undeveloped until after the Second World War, with some plots not built on until the 1960s.

Cul-de-sac off Clarence Road, marked without development on the 1924 1:2,500 map (when it was shown as Wormleighton Road), but not seeing any building until the northern side (seen here) was developed in the 1930s. The southern side was undeveloped until after the Second World War, with some plots not built on until the 1960s.

Cul-de-sac off Clarence Road, marked without development on the 1924 1:2,500 map (when it was shown as Wormleighton Road), but not seeing any building until the northern side (seen here) was developed in the 1930s. The southern side was undeveloped until after the Second World War, with some plots not built on until the 1960s. It ends at the railway (seen in the left background), although unlike its neighbours York Road and Jennings Road, it has no footbridge linking it to Lemsford Road.

Unmade up section of Blenheim Road linking Gainsborough Avenue with Jennings Road.

Houses in Jennings Road, the two seen here first appearing on the 1924 1:2,500 map.

Houses in Jennings Road, the two seen here first appearing on the 1924 1:2,500 map. In the background can be seen the end of the road where it meets the railway, with on the left a footbridge connecting it with Lemsford Road - this was marked on the 1898 1:2,500 map, before the road was laid out, carrying a pre-existing footpath over the railway. For closer view see Image

A house at the corner of Jennings Road and Blenheim Road (off to the left), roads developed in the 1890s as part of the development of fields previously belonging to St Peter’s Farm, part of the larger Earl Spencer Estate. Locally listed.

Footbridge at the end of Jennings Road connecting it with Lemsford Road - this was marked on the 1898 1:2,500 map, before the road was laid out, carrying a pre-existing footpath over the railway.

Cul-de-sac bordering Clarence Park, developed over the first two or so decades of the 20th Century. A footpath along its later route is marked on the 1878-9 and 1898 1:2,500 maps.

Looking along Blenheim Road, a road developed in the 1890s as part of the development of fields previously belonging to St Peter’s Farm, part of the larger Earl Spencer Estate.