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King Edward Avenue, MANSFIELD, NG18 5AF

The view towards Garth Road. Although houses now occupy the track bed, the railway line that ran beneath this bridge may once have belonged to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) Company? The creators of this route, i.e. the Midland Railway Company, opened a line from Nottingham to Kirkby on 2nd October 1848, extending it to Mansfield on 9 October 1849. Although a bill to allow for the line to be extended from Mansfield to Worksop failed in the 1860 session of Parliament, the bill was re-introduced several years later and the Mansfield Railways Act received the Royal Assent on 5 July 1865. Progress was slow and it was not until 1 June 1875 that the line was opened for traffic. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSR) was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four larger companies. The Nottingham-Worksop line, using this route south of Mansfield town centre, was closed 12 October 1964, under the Beeching rationalisation plans.

Bleak Hills Lane seen from the point where Sheepbridge Lane and High Oakham Hill become one. Locals, who were younger in the 1940s, describe knowing Bleak Hills Lane as a cinder track that was also known as Harvey's Lane. It leads past Bleak Hill Dam (a former mill pond, now a private fishing location) as far as the site of a former cottage called Beeton's Cottage that is hosts a large house called Bleak Hills House. A 'footpath only' continues beyond this replacement house to Hamilton Way on the edge of the Bleak Hills Industrial Zone.

The left-hand corner site is occupied by three almshouses. No plaques or identification visible. The A60 between Nottingham-Mansfield can be seen ahead.

Three almshouses at the Nottingham Road end of Waverley Road. Local maps identify them as almshouses although there were no obvious name plaques. The main Mansfield - Nottingham road is situated a stone's throw to the right.

On the outskirts of Mansfield. Named after the old sheep bridge which crosses the road at SK 528600.

Designed by F.W. Tempest 1936. One of three linked buildings.

The High Oakham Road/Atkin Lane Junction lies immediately beyond the road sign that is visible at the other end of this un-made (and perhaps unadopted?) road.

A small triangular public garden separates Alexandra Avenue, seen in the forefront of the picture, from Nottingham Road (the A60) behind it. The traffic on this main road is travelling towards the town centre, having come from the Newstead, Harlow Wood and Nottingham direction.