| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Pillbox / WW2 fortification on Emanuel Avenue | |
| Posted by: | Bob Surtees | |
| Date/Time: | 08/06/21 11:28:00 |
| Re the Cottage off Woodhurst Road, it was in place in 1890s as can be seen from this map on the NLS site https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=51.51208&lon=-0.26911&layers=168&right=OSAPI But it was not there earlier on an 1874 OS map that I have seen, so probably dates from around late 1880s when Cumberland Road was under construction. It was close to The Lodge and not too far from Springfield House but as far as I can tell but not part of the grounds of either of those properties. In 1891 it was occupied by William Arthur Board, who was a solicitor with premises in King Street . By 1901 it was in possession of Edward Alfred Barton who was there till his death in late 1920s. It passed to the Spiritualists in 1929. Always been curious but never been close, never sure whether one can access Bob |