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Houses, west side of Alcester Road, Wythall
The 1884 OS map shows well-spread out modest properties along here, while the east side of Alcester Road was largely undeveloped.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.04 miles
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Houses, east side of Alcester Road, Wythall
It is not until the 1938 OS map that we see that significant residential development has taken place – along the roads but in small groups, not yet joined-up ribbon development. An old hedgerow oak is not having any suburban constraints. Postbox number B47 263.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.05 miles
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Inscription and blue lamp, Wythall Police Station, Alcester Road
The building is seen in
Image The inscription is COMITATUS WIGORNIENSIS – The County of Worcestershire.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.08 miles
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Part-time police station, Alcester Road, Wythall
An imposing building but not always manned; some information may be found here: http://wythall.info/police/
Detail at
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.08 miles
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Between the built-on bits ? pasture, west side of Alcester Road, Wythall
"Rural Watch operating in this area". Behind the camera, houses; ahead, business premises of different vintages.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.09 miles
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Chapel Drive, Wythall
The chapel is the white building half-hidden on the right
Image It is shown on an OS map of 1884. Church Close, to the left, is a modern residential road although the beginnings of it are on the 1884 map.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.11 miles
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Wythall Baptist Church, Chapel Drive
The building is shown on an OS map of 1884 on the edge of a loose cluster of cottages. The setting is seen in
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.12 miles
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Wythall Parish Council noticeboard outside Wythall Institute, Alcester Road
A social document, of its immediate time and place.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.12 miles
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Gable tablet, Wythall Institute, Alcester Road
Wythall spelt with one L in 1888. The building is well seen in
Image, and from the rear in
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.12 miles
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Public domain, southeast corner of Gorsey Lane and Alcester Road, Wythall
The parish council has established a presence here with a noticeboard, a litter bin, a dog waste bin and a village sign and flower box. Just south on the Alcester Road is the police station
Image An old map names the area as Wythall Heath: perhaps the lanes were fringed with gorse; perhaps the pastures have been won from poor, gorse-infested land. The Gorsey Lane turning is opposite Brick Kiln Lane, another evocative name, not yet explored.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 29 Mar 2014
0.13 miles