A 1925 Ordnance Survey map showing the street layout, building footprints, and Allotment Gardens in Chesterton, Cambridge.

OS map 1925 showing terrace next to Allotment Gardens – Barleycorn Lane

Barleycorn Lane, High Street, Chesterton

History of Barleycorn Lane

Barleycorn Lane was demolished when the local roads were re-routed for the building of Elizabeth Way Bridge. The map shows the location in 1925 of the terrace next to ‘ allotment gardens.’

A row of brick cottages with pitched roofs and chimneys sits before a modern, rectangular building with a distinctive facade.

Victorian cottages in Barleycorn Lane

1913

Mrs Driver
J Robinson, labourer
Robert Rayner, gardener
William Newman, labourer
Own C Bass, labourer
Herbert Murrell, gardener
Mrs Susan Wilson
Lot Waller, basket maker
Harold Charles Phillips, market porter
W J Newman, labourer
11. James Pointer

Terraced brick houses with multiple chimneys stand beside a street where a demolition warning sign is placed on the pavement.

5 -9 High Street, Chesterton, 1969 (MoC 9/160/69) demolished during the rerouting of the High Street. Note path to Barleycorn Lane

A terrace of brick cottages stands behind piles of rubble and debris under a cloudy sky in a scene of partial demolition.

Barleycorn Lane prior to demolition, 1969 (MoC 10/160/69)

A row of brick terraced houses with chimneys and a Sold sign on the side gable, set behind rubble in a clearing in 1969.

Barleycorn Lane, after removal of houses in Chesterton Road Sept 1969 (MoC 42/166/69)

A row of terraced brick houses with multiple chimneys, picket fences, and a sold sign on the gable end facing the street.

Barleycorn Lane (MoC)

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