Thorpe Park Snow Scene (1905)
A snowy Thorpe Park in 1905 looking back towards the Lodge house that would today be buried under the roundabout at the junction of...
Troops on Thorpe Road (c.1914)
A wonderful shot of troops from the Great War period marching off what appears to be Crescent Bridge onto Thorpe Road and away from...
Crescent Houses – off Thorpe Road
The central houses of the Crescent which was a small semi-circle of housing that sat just off Thorpe Road and just outside of the...
Thorpe Road Gaol (c.1924)
A superb early 1920s aerial image looking down on Thorpe Road and the old Gaol building.
Built in 1840, the buildings were only a prison...
The Old Gaol, Thorpe Road (1924)
A rare 1924 aerial shot showing the old Gaol buildings on Thorpe Road ...... the surviving frontage more recently housing the Sessions House restaurant.
Built...
Thorpe Road Level Crossing
An excellent shot of the site of the old Thorpe Road level crossing, already out of use at the time of this image with...
Thorpe Road c.1904
Sheep being herded along a quiet Thorpe Road, presumably off to the city market. Westwood (Peterborough) High School would today be to the immediate...
Thorpe Road Jail
A 1920s image of the Thorpe Road jail house, the frontage of which survives today thanks to being Grade II listed in 1973.
The jail...
The “new” Crescent Bridge (1913)
The newly opened Crescent Bridge in 1913.
Thorpe Road Subway c.1912
The subway was built by the Great Northern Railway after local protests at the death of a local citizen who had been killed on...
