nep town road
Nep Town is possibly a corruption of "up town", though the outlook from the end of Weavers Lane - where it joins King James's Lane - is known as the Nab. The road runs west from the end of the High Street until it becomes Mill End, then Dropping Holms, then Lower Station Road, finally ending as Hollands Lane. The old workhouse, now converted into cottages, and the old infants' school (which then became a Youth Club) also stand in Nep Town Road.
From the junction of Nep Town Road with the High Street, the houses on the north side are sequentially:
Tipnoak, Patchings (formerly Pesketts) [Hewitts] Cranley, Beggars Roost, St. Helens, Southways, Retreat Cottage, Unnamed, Sun Cottage, No. 5, Tudor Cottage, Rapley Cottage, Pendrells [Blackgate Lane] 1 Cutlers Croft, 2 Cutlers Croft, 3 Cutlers Croft, Old School Cottage, Nep Cottage, 1 old School Cottage, Jennisons, Mooltan Cottage, Fern Cottage, The Twittens, Camass House, Ivyran & West View, Orchard House, and Moonrakers.
Coming back east, the houses on the south side are:
Wistaria Cottage, 2 Mill End Cottages, 1 Mill End Cottages, The Forge, Rosemount [Windmill Lane] Byways, the Nep Mission, Vinalls, N&R Motors, Nep Close [street], Lexden, Pilgrims, Laurel Cottage [Weavers Lane] the former Gardeners Arms, Woodville, [1] New Cottage, 2 [New Cottage], 2 ?, 2 The Old School House, 1 The Old School House, 1&4 Cedar View, 2&3 Cedar View, the Rothery field.
Tipnoak, Patchings (formerly Pesketts) [Hewitts] Cranley, Beggars Roost, St. Helens, Southways, Retreat Cottage, Unnamed, Sun Cottage, No. 5, Tudor Cottage, Rapley Cottage, Pendrells [Blackgate Lane] 1 Cutlers Croft, 2 Cutlers Croft, 3 Cutlers Croft, Old School Cottage, Nep Cottage, 1 old School Cottage, Jennisons, Mooltan Cottage, Fern Cottage, The Twittens, Camass House, Ivyran & West View, Orchard House, and Moonrakers.
Coming back east, the houses on the south side are:
Wistaria Cottage, 2 Mill End Cottages, 1 Mill End Cottages, The Forge, Rosemount [Windmill Lane] Byways, the Nep Mission, Vinalls, N&R Motors, Nep Close [street], Lexden, Pilgrims, Laurel Cottage [Weavers Lane] the former Gardeners Arms, Woodville, [1] New Cottage, 2 [New Cottage], 2 ?, 2 The Old School House, 1 The Old School House, 1&4 Cedar View, 2&3 Cedar View, the Rothery field.
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Nep Town Road 1: This black & white photo from the 1910s shows a viewpoint from the former Gardeners Arms, with the house called Cutler's Croft on the left of the picture and Love Lane - now Blackgate Lane - receding into the distance. Blackgate Lane is in two sections these days, with the roadway running up to the Edwardian houses on the right, and a narrow footpath continuing on to Cagefoot Lane. The wooden gate in Love Lane in this photo has long gone, and was a gate into Red Oaks property.
Nep Town Road 2: This building shows the end wall of the old workhouse, now converted into cottages, and the row of houses which were first a school and then the village youth club for some years.
Nep Town Road 3: A 2005 view from the corner of Blackgate Lane showing the houses in between the then youth club and the former Gardener's Arms. The house to the left of the Gardener's is Woodville, followed by Nos. 1 & 2 New Cottage.
Nep Town Road 4: A view from the corner of Nep Town Road and Hewitts, showing the stretch of road from the Rothery playing field to the Gardener's Arms. The old workhouse (Cedar View) is in the foreground, and you can just make out the "sold" sign on the youth club, which subsequently became houses.
Nep Town Road 5: These houses are on the north-east section of Nep Town Road, running up to Hewitts. They are, from left to right: Southways, St. Helens, Beggars Roost and Cranley.
Nep Town Road 6: This view down Nep Town Road towards the Gardeners Arms was taken from just past the Nep Mission. The fence of Ivybank is on the left, with the entrance to Vinalls yard on the right. The wall of the white house to the left centre is that of Fern Cottage.
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Nep Town Road 1: A black & white photo from 1966 showing No. 1 New Cottage for sale. The house next to it on the right is Woodville, which was a shop at that time.
Nep Town Road 2: A view down Nep Town Road from around 1935, looking east. The Gardeners Arms is centre right and the lamp post marks the turning into Cagefoot Lane. Wright's grocers shop - named the Nep Town Stores - is just to the right of the Gardeners.
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Nep Town Road: A photo from Easter 2016 showing the bank of daffodils on the border of the Rothery Field.
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Nep Town Road: A similar view and period to Nep Town Road 1 on the STREETS 9 page - but taken further along the garden frontage to Pendrells.
Nep Town Road 1: This black & white photo from the 1910s shows a viewpoint from the former Gardeners Arms, with the house called Cutler's Croft on the left of the picture and Love Lane - now Blackgate Lane - receding into the distance. Blackgate Lane is in two sections these days, with the roadway running up to the Edwardian houses on the right, and a narrow footpath continuing on to Cagefoot Lane. The wooden gate in Love Lane in this photo has long gone, and was a gate into Red Oaks property.
Nep Town Road 2: This building shows the end wall of the old workhouse, now converted into cottages, and the row of houses which were first a school and then the village youth club for some years.
Nep Town Road 3: A 2005 view from the corner of Blackgate Lane showing the houses in between the then youth club and the former Gardener's Arms. The house to the left of the Gardener's is Woodville, followed by Nos. 1 & 2 New Cottage.
Nep Town Road 4: A view from the corner of Nep Town Road and Hewitts, showing the stretch of road from the Rothery playing field to the Gardener's Arms. The old workhouse (Cedar View) is in the foreground, and you can just make out the "sold" sign on the youth club, which subsequently became houses.
Nep Town Road 5: These houses are on the north-east section of Nep Town Road, running up to Hewitts. They are, from left to right: Southways, St. Helens, Beggars Roost and Cranley.
Nep Town Road 6: This view down Nep Town Road towards the Gardeners Arms was taken from just past the Nep Mission. The fence of Ivybank is on the left, with the entrance to Vinalls yard on the right. The wall of the white house to the left centre is that of Fern Cottage.
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Nep Town Road 1: A black & white photo from 1966 showing No. 1 New Cottage for sale. The house next to it on the right is Woodville, which was a shop at that time.
Nep Town Road 2: A view down Nep Town Road from around 1935, looking east. The Gardeners Arms is centre right and the lamp post marks the turning into Cagefoot Lane. Wright's grocers shop - named the Nep Town Stores - is just to the right of the Gardeners.
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Nep Town Road: A photo from Easter 2016 showing the bank of daffodils on the border of the Rothery Field.
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Nep Town Road: A similar view and period to Nep Town Road 1 on the STREETS 9 page - but taken further along the garden frontage to Pendrells.
