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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Thu 30th Mar 2023 12:03pm
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Prof
Gloucester |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 7:53am
How much of Gosford Green was lost to Sky Blue Way? Was it mostly the Hermitage site on old maps?
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 10:04am
Happy to be corrected Prof but I don't think any of the Green went for Sky Blue Way to go in. That went right over where All Saints Lane was and the Church itself. |
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 10:19am
Actually, Prof is quite correct about this - a helluvalot of the original green lies under what is now Sky Blue Way. This Scottish maps overlay shows that Gosford Green once extended over what is now a car park at the east end of Far Gosford Street, opposite the old Lloyd's Bank.  |
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Helen F
Warrington |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 10:52am
Given that it turns the west end of the park into a traffic island and slices a layer off the south, it does lop off a significant chunk. |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 10:58am
On 31st Mar 2023 10:19am, Rob Orland said:
Actually, Prof is quite correct about this - a helluvalot of the original green lies under what is now Sky Blue Way. This Scottish maps overlay shows that Gosford Green once extended over what is now a car park at the east end of Far Gosford Street, opposite the old Lloyd's Bank.
Flippin' 'eck I'd forgotten it was like that Rob. I only think of Sky Blue Way as the bit up from Lower Ford Street etc. Well reminded!
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 11:12am
It was only recently when looking at an old map for my "now and then" photos that I suddenly realised just how reduced in size the green now is!  |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 11:53am
Actually Rob you can really appreciate that from the pic in Post#90 |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 11:54am
BTW I recently came across this one whilst looking through Spennell's from 1912 hence why its flipped to show the image better including part of Gosford Terrace -
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry |
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Fri 31st Mar 2023 12:09pm
On 31st Mar 2023 11:53am, NeilsYard said:
Actually Rob you can really appreciate that from the pic in Post#90
Oh blimey - and that wasn't so long ago, either! |
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