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DescriptionSt Albans, Inkerman Road and a former hat factory - geograph.org.uk - 1400657.jpg |
English: St Albans: Inkerman Road and a former hat factory Just like nearby 1400590 Inkerman Road was named by the Victorians to celebrate a victory in the Crimean War. The Battle of Inkerman was fought on 5 November 1854 and resulted in success for an Anglo-French force under Lord Raglan's command who defeated a Russian army. Inkerman does not seem to have been regarded as popular as Alma though by the street-naming fraternity and StreetMap throws up just 8 other Inkerman Roads in the country.
However the hat factory predates all this having been built around 1825, and the photograph illustrates how industry and homes must have existed cheek by jowl in those days. But modern controversy gives two twists to the story of Inkerman Road. Firstly the hat factory was the last surviving one in St Albans and when it came up for sale in 2006 the local arts group wanted to buy it as a studio, it being eminently suitable for their needs with its large windows giving lots of natural light. Despite alleged requests from the local arts group to give them time to raise the necessary funds, the local council reputedly sold the property to a private developer who converted it into flats. Secondly various properties on the right side of the road, unseen in the photo, have been bought through the years by Tesco who have plans to use a large former industrial site nearby on London Road for a supermarket. Those plans appear to be currently stalled and the boarded up houses have now been squatted, much to the concern of the local permanent residents. |
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Author | Nigel Cox |
Attribution (required by the license) InfoField | Nigel Cox / St Albans: Inkerman Road and a former hat factory / |
InfoField | Nigel Cox / St Albans: Inkerman Road and a former hat factory |
Camera location | 51° 44′ 56″ N, 0° 19′ 57″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.749010; -0.332600 |
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Object location | 51° 44′ 58″ N, 0° 19′ 57″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.749450; -0.332400 |
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