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William Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QD

A street of late Victorian semi-detached villas, many now used as student lets. View from the junction with Millicent Road.

Half way down this street of late Victorian semi-detached villas, many now used as student lets.

This is where Patrick Road turns into William Road. Photograph taken from the end of Epperstone Road.

A pair of late Victorian semi-detached villas on the corner with Patrick Road.

These typical Bridgford villas are near the corners of Epperstone Road and William Road.

A modern sheltered housing development with retirement flats, houses and large community centre off Stratford Road. The development includes this tree shaded green and plenty of benches to sit and chat. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1270161

This pub on Stratford Road was converted from a pet shop by the Castle Rock Brewery in 1999.

There were very few licensed premises in the centre of strait-laced Bridgford when I was young. The Stratford Haven opened as a pub in 1999.

Looking towards Bridgford Road and the Co-op on a late-summer evening.

Looking towards Bridgford Road. Victorian terraced housing on the right and a modern housing scheme with flats and houses on the far left. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1269539 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1270161 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1267726 During the fast growth of Nottingham in the Victorian period pressure was put on the Musters Family, who owned much of the land in West Bridgford, to allow suburban development south of the River Trent. Eventually the Musters sold their land, but they put in place strict planning regulations to the area then known as the West Bridgford Estate. This development was planned over a grid of tree lined streets. The main roads such as Musters Road (see Image) had restrictions on the density of housing and house size. Smaller houses were permitted on side streets, and terraces were erected on roads such as Stratford Road for the servants of the wealthy Nottingham merchants who bought up the larger properties. It is interesting to note that there are no "Streets" in West Bridgford. Originally many roads were name "Street" but this was felt to be too urban by the Victorian "planners". Thus all street names were changed from "Street" to "Road". The one exception is "Village Street" in Edwalton, a village that has been totally absorbed into the town of West Bridgford.