James Gray: The lower end of Walsingham Road, about 1914. The view is northwards, and the house at the extreme left is No. 14. Externally the houses look little different today more than sixty years later. jgc_15_102
2018: These houses on the west side of Walsingham Road are remarkably unchanged after 105 years. No 14 and its neighbour No 16 are now the Fairdene Lodge Care Home. Iron railings were probably removed during World War II to be melted down for the war effort. Some walls and pillars have been removed more recently to provide parking spaces. (Photographer: Jane Cheema)
James Gray: Two photographs (jgc_15_111 and 112), of the houses at the foot of the east side of the road. They were built in the 1890s and the first six from the bottom (Nos. 1 to 11) have now been demolished for redevelopment. Photographed on 15 June 1971. jgc_15_111
2018: A four storey block of flats called Clarke Court has been built on the site of the six houses, Nos 1 – 11, mentioned by James Gray. The houses seen to the left of Clarke Court are Nos 13 – 21 and seem to have survived largely intact. (Photographer: Jane Cheema)
James Gray: Two photographs (jgc_15_111 and 112) of the houses at the foot of the east side of the road. They were built in the 1890s and the first six from the bottom (Nos. 1 to 11) have now been demolished for redevelopment. Photographed on 15 June 1971. jgc_15_112
2018: Walsingham Road was probably named after Barbara Walsingham who married into the landowning Shirley family when she became the wife of Anthony Sherley (or Shirley) of Preston village in 1624. A block of flats called Clarke Court has been built on the site of demolished Nos 1 – 11 and Nos 17-19, seen here on the left of the image are now the Lavender Care Home. (Photographer: Jane Cheema)