EPW036316 ENGLAND (1931). Fegan's Home for Orphaned Boys and the High Street, Stony Stratford, 1931
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| Title | [EPW036316] Fegan's Home for Orphaned Boys and the High Street, Stony Stratford, 1931 |
| Reference | EPW036316 |
| Date | August-1931 |
| Link | |
| Place name | STONY STRATFORD |
| Parish | STONY STRATFORD |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 478602, 240560 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.85344568227968, 52.057421062002 |
| National Grid Reference | SP786406 |
Pins
 Tombs Farm-Cow sheds |
 Vicky Holton |
Tuesday 19th of April 2016 03:43:05 PM |
| Water Tower built in 1884 to provide Stony Stratford with a water supply. The tower was demolished in 1950. |
 Class31 |
Monday 19th of May 2014 08:00:08 AM |
| Calverton Road |
Class31 |
Monday 19th of May 2014 07:54:39 AM |
User Comment Contributions
From the north west. |
Class31 |
Monday 19th of May 2014 07:53:56 AM |
The town was built along Watling Street, a Roman road originally. In the coaching era horses were changed here. Two of the main coaching inns in the town were the Cock and the Bull. Travellers' banter and rivalry between groups is said to have encouraged fanciful tales; hence, it is said, the source of the phrase 'cock and bull stories'. [Source: biography of Gordon Welchman, of Bletchley Park. His family lived in a house in the town - in Watling Street - during World War II] |
MB |
Sunday 18th of May 2014 10:55:06 PM |