epw048120 ENGLAND (1935). Stonebridge and the Coventry Road, Middle Bickenhill, 1935
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| Title | [EPW048120] Stonebridge and the Coventry Road, Middle Bickenhill, 1935 |
| Reference | EPW048120 |
| Date | July-1935 |
| Link | |
| Place name | MIDDLE BICKENHILL |
| Parish | BICKENHILL |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 421220, 283189 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.6877564617443, 52.445878384 |
| National Grid Reference | SP212832 |
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 To Coleshill |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:40:54 PM |
| Cottage Farm |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:33:04 PM |
| This was originally the Midland Railway's Whitacre and Hampton branch line. It has since been dismantled. A short section of the formation has been utilised as a slip road off the A45 |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:32:08 PM |
| A45 Trunk Road - now dual carriageway - with a grade-separated interchange here |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:30:05 PM |
| Stonebridge Hotel on the A452 trunk road |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:28:03 PM |
| Malt Shovel public house |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:27:10 PM |
| Railway line in cutting |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:21:33 PM |
Toward Hampton along this line the Royal Train was occasionally "parked" for the night if the HM was in the area for a visit. |
speedwing |
Thursday 25th of June 2015 09:43:49 AM |
| Three-lane highway with middle 'suicide lane'. When were such highways introduced? And when did they go out of use - today such a road would be marked as a 2+1 highway |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:20:25 PM |
Three-Lane systems were common in the 1920's and 30's on trunk roads. They lasted until the 1960's. As you can imagine, head-on crashes were regular occurrences. |
clippedwings |
Saturday 1st of June 2013 09:28:06 PM |
I think that there are still quite a few sections of three lane roads in use today. The Heads of the Valleys Road A465 from Skewen to Abergavenny was largely reconstructed in the 1960's as a three lane road and some sections remain three lane. In Wiltshire Black Dog Hill on the A36 Trunk Road between Beckington and Warminster is a three lane section of road. |
Class31 |
Thursday 25th of June 2015 10:48:24 AM |
| River Blythe |
JG |
Sunday 12th of May 2013 11:40:21 PM |
| Brickworks |
jvb |
Sunday 12th of May 2013 10:34:07 PM |
The brickworks had expanded noticeably by the 1960s and may still have been active by the 1980s. A recycling depot now stands on or near the site |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:36:33 PM |
| Stonebridge |
jvb |
Sunday 12th of May 2013 10:33:47 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Looking west |
MB |
Friday 31st of May 2013 11:33:25 PM |