One of the more interesting things that I learned from Keith Mulberry's excellent talk on local history to Ham United Group at Ham Village Centre (Royal Oak) was that Sandy Lane was a narrow lane until after the wall. To widen the road, the high wall around The Manor House was moved back a few metres. The stub of the old wall was left as a reminder.
Ham Photos is a growing archive of photos of Ham (at the meeting of Richmond upon Thames and Kingston upon Thames in south-west London), where I have lived since 1996. It captures the small changes that are easily missed and delights in the unusual, the unexpected and the unnoticed.
21 August 2017
Moving a wall
One of the more interesting things that I learned from Keith Mulberry's excellent talk on local history to Ham United Group at Ham Village Centre (Royal Oak) was that Sandy Lane was a narrow lane until after the wall. To widen the road, the high wall around The Manor House was moved back a few metres. The stub of the old wall was left as a reminder.
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