Thorpe Road Workhouse c.1918
The Union Workhouse could house up to 200 "inmates" and was opened in 1837 with an additional infirmary added in 1843 and a chapel...
Thorpe Road House (c.1906)
The "Poor Law" Union Workhouse on Thorpe Road which was built in 1837 to accomodate the "poor and sick" under the requirements of the...
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...
The “new” Crescent Bridge (1913)
The newly opened Crescent Bridge in 1913.
Thorpe Road
A distinctly rural view along Thorpe Road in the early 1900s with a pony and trap approaching from the distant grounds of Thorpe Hall...
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...
Crescent Bridge (1913)
Period road traffic and smartly attired foot traffic coming off Crescent Bridge shortly after it had opened in 1913.
Queensgate Roundabout
A very hard to recognize shot of what is today the main Queensgate roundabout, taken from the end of Thorpe Road looking across towards...
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 Crescent, Thorpe Road
An early 1900s image showing the entrance to the Crescent, the small group of houses after which the Crescent Bridge was named.
This entrance was...
