In the back of my mind I had been wondering if Granville Terrace were railway cottages, the railway company might have had to buy all the land and therefore utilised it?
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I checked by other reference points, it is accurate within a whisker, what is very helpful is the lane across the road on Green Lane which hasn't moved. The houses on the east of Granville Terrance are plumb on top of the existing houses on Wood Lane but Granville didn't have front gardens, they were direct on the street.
Just to qualify this, the Cheshire Tithe are quite a bit inaccurate on the relative placement compared to the modern map, it was the NLS maps which I was referring to.
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Wood Ln on maps today are the backs of the houses on Marshlands Rd and Wood Ln. Where you access the front of the houses in Wood Lane there is a footpath that is also called Wood Lane.
Here is an image from 1946 off 'Britain from Above' and you can clearly see that wall at the end of the Wood Lane footpath.. You can also see the 5 pairs of semi-detached houses on Mashlands Rd still standing today. So if that footpath is Wood Lane, there is two roads between Wood Lane and Marshlands. Which one is Granville and what is the other?
The first row (nearest) of houses is the east side of Granville Terrace
The second row is the west side of Granville Terrace which are bang on top of the existing Wood Lane roadway.
Then there is a gap which includes the un-named lane which maintains right of way to houses further down.
The third row of houses is the east side of Marshlands road which may be the ones that still exist today, if so these were built before the west side.
The fourth row of houses are the west side of Marshland's road which as you say still exist today.
The more I look at this the more it looks like the un-named name was the original Wood lane which included the straight on extension and the 90 degree turn to Wallasey Village Road. Apart from Marshlands Road the rest was completely hashed up When the modern Wood Lane was created.
Last edited by diggingdeeper; 29th May 20208:56pm.
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Thank you for the info, I tried to get back but it must have been before any replies. This is really interesting. I actually live in Wood Lane and have seen old photos of the start of Green Lane which was still quite rural . Also photo of cottages in Wood Lane. Also photos of Granville Terrace which had 2 rows of terraced houses, there was a shop on the corner of Granville/Green Lane. it was quite old fashioned , Victorian probably. then another where the shop front has been updated dated 1952.. the houses were 2up 2 down with a back yard i think. I was surprised when I realised that Granville T had two rows which set me wondering exactly what had the Wood Lane houses been built on ? I read that the gardens were built where the road had been and the houses in the same place as the previous ones , although a bit bigger. [ found out that on the corner of Green ;Lane / Wallasey Village was a Spiritualist Church, sadly that beautiful stone wall was demolished this summer to build a pizza place in the same plot. When I moved in a neighbour who lived in the Marshlands Road house at the back of mine told me that the Marshlands Rd original back gardens were big and are where the car park is now. My back garden is a good size and I've found lots of rubble and Victorian Rope terracotta edging stones . In the front garden lots of sandstone, glass, bits of china. Over the years I found my plants weren't thriving and had to dig deep hence the finds. I found all the information very helpful from all the contributers including the map. I tried to download something but it failed probably due to the time gap. Thank you everyone for your help it's much appreciated. I still have more information / queries /questions if that's ok ?
Hello, sorry for the delay in checking in again, thank you for all your helpful posts. You answered a question that's been bugging me for a while which is whether the Wood Lane houses were built in the same place as the Granville Terrace ones . I live in Wood Lane hence the request for info,
You can get a good idea of the layout of Granville Terrace, Marshlands Road and Wood Lane off this picture from1946. https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW001785 DD has left a few notes on it explaining the layout. It is free to use but you will need to register to zoom in.
