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Helen F
Warrington
91 of 98  Fri 22nd May 2020 10:46am  

Hi covkid, In the Pictures of Coventry there were colour aerial photos of wider stretches of Coventry that might have been from the right era but I seem to remember they were of poor quality.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
92 of 98  Wed 8th Sep 2021 7:03pm  

Hi all, A query. Hawkesbury Lane and Blackhorse Rd have been mentioned in posts lately. I can find no evidence of Hawkesbury Lane in modern times other than the name of a railway station, also Hawkesbury junction refers to a canal junction, not a railway. Can anyone enlighten me, please. Official history records that it was a turnpike road. Is it what is now just a footpath near to the canal junction?
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Mick Strong
Coventry
93 of 98  Wed 8th Sep 2021 7:32pm  

Hi Philip Google maps shows Hawkesbury Lane as a continuation of Aldermans Green Road (the B4109).
Mick Strong

Coventry Suburbs and Beyond - Exhall
Helen F
Warrington
94 of 98  Wed 8th Sep 2021 7:49pm  

Thanks Mick. It is odd that the station isn't near the lane. Maybe the canal, the rail and the mine works have redirected the original lane? Or maybe the rail people just liked the name?
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
95 of 98  Wed 8th Sep 2021 8:13pm  

Thank you both. It gets even stranger as there is a T junction off the B4109, also called Hawkesbury Lane.
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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
96 of 98  Thu 9th Sep 2021 8:02am  

Philip, Parrotts Grove, that held Hawkesbury Hall.
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Mick Strong
Coventry
97 of 98  Thu 9th Sep 2021 8:20am  

Hi Kaga it looks like Parrotts Grove goes from Lentons Lane junction and lasts for about 300 yards or so. Philip The Hawkesbury Lane showing at the junction you mentioned is a dead end with what looks like some industrial units at the end of the road. Best guess is that it's an extension of the lane to give the places an address and post code?
Mick Strong

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Kaga simpson
Peacehaven, East Sussex
98 of 98  Thu 9th Sep 2021 8:56am  

Philip, Hawkesbury in olden days stretched from Exhall to Woodway Lane, and near to Bell Green, before Hall Green Road was built. My aunt lived in Hawkesbury Hall. I was often as a visitor. On the opposite side of the hall was Grove Farm, another relative named Smith.
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