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Ryle Road, Nether Edge


Calvin72

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Can I ask our map experts to see if Ryle Road was part of the planned lay out of Nether Edge? It's a strange road linking Moncrieffe and Montgomery Roads and is well known in the area for having a tree in the middle of the road at the Montgomery Rd end. Was it an access road of some kind or always meant to be what it is? It appears on the 1901 map, which might help.

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Difficult to say to what extent it was planned. It is on the 1903 map with, what looks like, all the houses built on one side. The large house 'Moncrieffe' on the corner of Montgomery Road and Moncrieffe Road has no houses to the rear of it in 1903 ,but it does have some alongside it on Montgomery Road. I'd guess that whoever built that had bought several plots and wanted a large garden extending as far as Ryle Road. The layout of Ryle Road (and Bank Close behind it) does look a bit haphazard!

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Ryle Road look as though it may have been an access road for the Prince Imperial Villas, which were occupied in 1879. In November 1880 Mr Riley Robson was advertising for a general servant to work there, for a family of two, wages £18 per year, on day off a week. Not sure where the name "Ryle" came from? Below is a map and sale details from 1890:

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Great stuff!

New Machon Bank Road on the map is now Moncrieffe Road, part of a street name rationalisation in 1890 (there still is Machon Bank and Machon Bank Rd nearby). And the tree is in the middle of the road!

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Just had a close look at the road and, despite living nearby, I've never seen how striking the two original properties are. They still have a nice clear stone sign outside reading 'Prince Imperial Villas' too. The old maps and information make a lot of sense now. Many thanks.

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