Upper Bath Road

Numbers 3 - 9

The above photo shows the group of houses in the little cul-de-sac now known as Upper Bath Road.  The derelict house at the end of the cul-de-sac on the left is number 3.  The houses on the right are numbers 5 to 9, although numbers 7 and 9 are now combined into one house.

Note - the house numbering of this section of the road has changed in recent years.  OS Maps and electoral registers of the 50 and 60's refer to the present number 3 as 1, to 5 as 3, to 7 as 5, and to 9 as 7.  Raglan Castle, the house further down the road towards the Station was number 9, but later it became known as number 11.

The Town Market used to be where the new houses are being built on the left.  The houses in the distance are part of Streamleaze, the large estate of council houses built in the 1960's on what was fields, this then being the edge of the town.  There used to be a five barred gate at the bottom of the lane to prevent cattle escaping into these fields when being driven from the market to the railway station.

This page was last updated: 17/10/2008