Newport Road from the Church tower c.2003
Newport Road, previously called Chase Lane, Cook Oak Lane, Kingston Lane or Flea Lane.
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1 Newport Road c.1934
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Cottages at top of Newport Road c.1955
These cottages have now been demolished.
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1 Newport Road May 2006
taken at the Gold St junction
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Maltings Farm malthouse at the corner of Newport Road and Park Road c.1905
The malthouse is believed to have been demolished in the 1950s.
Possibly the upper story was used for village functions.
Source Joseph Geary c.2009
Church steeple from Newport Road c.1912
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Newport Road junction with Gold St. c.1925
Showing the Swan, the wine shop and old blacksmiths c.1925
Source Kitchener collection
Cottages at Newport Road/Gold Street junction
From Church Tower 1957
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59 - 61 Newport Road, Holly Tree House. c.1925
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Maltings Farmhouse, Park Road, c.1910
The gentleman on the right is believed to be Johnny Rose and the lady in the middle his wife Sarah.
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Malting Farmhouse, at the corner of Newport Road and Park Road 1996
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Maltings Farmhouse, Park Road, 2006
The thatch was replaced with tile in 1945.
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photo by Robert Dymond
Village Hall, previously known as Church End School, Squire Watts, National, Feoffee and Top School!
Built c.1840 by the Watts family and ran until 1876. The Feoffee Charity opened a school in this building in July 1877 and ran it until 1896 when it handed control over to the Hanslope School Board.
Photo from Kitchener Collection
The Village Hall, formerly Top School, in Newport Road.
5 Newport Rd was new in 1939, demolished in 2012 to make Harkness Close.
Newport Road
c 2006
new houses in Newport Road 2006
The bungalow was demolished when Harkness Close was built 2014
Source HDHS archive
Tom Sawbridge, on left, outside his gate in Newport Road, c.1992
This is now the entrance to Harkness Close.
Hazel Row off Newport Road 2007 from the church tower.
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3-4 Hazel Row off Newport Road
c2009
This shows the backs of the cottages. The row contained five homes in 1911. The building at the far end containing two homes was added in 1900s.
The older part on the left was originally three homes and is now two.
Source HDHS archive
61 Newport Road, April 2009
Photo by Robert Dymond HDHS archive
59 Newport Road, April 2009
Photo by Robert Dymond
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47 and 49 Newport Road, April 2009. Formerly the site of Elm Tree House.
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Photo by Robert Dymond
No 1 hazel Row off Newport Road 2009
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photo by Robert Dymond
Hazel Row, off Newport Road from church tower.
c.1957
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Elm Tree House 1950, now 47 - 49 Newport Road
The left house was occupied for many years by the Cox family.
Now demolished.
A regular visitor was Stainless Steven, 1930s Music Hall comedian
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67 Newport Road 1920s,
The Rookery
Part of a photograph taken by Kitchener in 1920s
Source HDHS archive
67 Newport Road, The Rookery, April 2009
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Photo by Robert Dymond
57 Newport Road - Coxes Clump
This is the right half of this building
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April 2009
55 Newport Road is the left half of this building
Source HDHS archive
2 Hazel Row 2009 This cottage and no.1 next door were not on the 1900 Ordnance Survey map but were occupied by time of the 1911 census
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photo by Robert Dymond
3 Hazel Row in 2009
The oldest part was originally three cottages but is now two
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Photo by Robert Dymond
4 Hazel Row in April 2009
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photo by Robert Dymond
5 - 7 Newport Road
These cottages were built by the Feoffee estate and were occupied by the time of the 1911 census
April 2009
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Photo by Robert Dymond
Mabel and Ellen Neale at 7 Newport Road 1920s
Miss Mabel and Miss Ellen Neale where they were brought up and lived for many years.
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Mr and Mrs Arthur Morgan
c.1960
Outside their home in Newport Road.
They were bombed out of their home in London in 1940 and were evacuated to Hanslope.
Source: G Ditum.
William Willingham
delivering coal outside 55 Newport Road c.1930
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18 Gold Street shop c.1910 at the junction with Newport Road
School children dancing in Grid Iron field behind the school (now the village hall) in Newport Road, 1924/25
Children include Dorothy Simons, Ted Ansell, Harold Powell, Stan Geary, Joan Hillyer (Dancing) Sid Garrett 5th from right.
Mrs Beatrice Garratt outside her home in Newport Road, c.1950
Mother and baby group at the village hall 1955
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WI party for pensioners at the village hall c.1962
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Kitchener postcard c.1925
Source Kitchener Collection
Laying hedges, possibly in Newport Road. Walter and Les Scripps from Castlethorpe.
Eric Ditum with new hedging in the lane at the end of Newport Road.
Map of fields south of Newport Road, 1779.
Possible site of the pre-Norman church.
Greyhounds exercising in Newport Road
Harry King's children on the night cart in Newport Road
Ditum sisters in Newport Pagnell c.1928