EPR000195 ENGLAND (1934). The Royal Oak Housing Estate, Baguley, 1934. This image was marked by Aero Pictorial Ltd for photo editing.

Mayers pond, where so many of us learned to swim

Mayers farm

I think this is the (original 19th century) Royal Oak pub, prior to its 1930s rebuilding. Anyone know better?! Even the replacement rebuild is now no longer there.

It looks as if the camera has captured a ballast laying operation. There is clearly new (white) ballast on one track and a train of open wagons with either white loads or dusty interiors from which the ballast may have been discharged. There appear to be some shadowy figures stand along the line of new ballast. Are these a PW (permanent way) gang trimming the newly arrived material?

shoppiing centre

Wythenshawe Park, Northenden

Baguley Brook

Lower Mount Pleasant

Baguley View

Pear Tree Farm

Pitfield Gardens

BENCHILL

Westage Gardens

Royal Oak Primary School

Baxter Gardens

Wellfield Road

Nearcroft Road

Spark Road

Royal Oak Road

Brookcot Road

SHARSTON

Hall Lane

Spinney Road - the first few houses are under construction.

Royal Thorn Wood

Princess Parkway (A5103 to Manchester)

Royal Thorn Farm

Round Wood, Northenden

The South Lodge of Wythenshawe Hall is behind these trees.

Old course of Altrincham Road

Gib Lane Wood

Baguley Bottoms (wood) and the course of the Baguley Brook, forming the historic boundary between Baguley (Bowdon parish) and Sharston/Northen Etchells (Northenden parish).

Hall Lane

Baguley Hall (14th century - still there, though no public access) and its ancillary farm building, which were demolished when the area was developed for housing after World War II.

BAGULEY (lower village; the "top village" was round the school and the Gardener's Arms pub at the north end of Moor Road)

Old shoeing forge (blacksmith's smithy)

Baguley Congregational Church. The Congregationalists moved to a new church building on the new Baguley Hall estate around 1950, and a Full Gospel Pentecostal congregation took the place. The church has fairly recently (2014) been demolished for redevelopment.

Sandy Lane

Sycamore Farm

Moor Farm

Moor Road

Floats Road

Altrincham Road (A560)

Liverpool (Central)-Warrington (Central)-Stockport (Tiviot Dale) railway line

Princes Spinney

Blackcarr Wood