Walton, Peterborough - Miscellaneous Photographs

190 Lincoln Road during the 1930s. The number of the house is now 1041. It seems that most houses along Lincoln Road, Walton had their numbers changed at some point over the years. A local resident of Lincoln Road informed us that the deeds to her house showed that the number had changed at some point.

Another view of 190 Lincoln Road during the 1930s. The bus in the background can be seen heading towards Sage's Lane (where the roundabout is today). On the left hand side a row of trees can be seen, today Morrisons' petrol station occupies the site.

Brown's farm pond photographed during 1936 or 1937. The houses on the left still stand and they are part of Marholm Road.

Marholm Road photographed May 2007, Brown's Farm would have stood just to the right of this photograph.

Another view of the pond photographed on the same day in 1936 or 1937. The railway line is situated behind the fences in the background. Pretty much all of this area is now covered with housing.

The road crossing the railway on Marholm Road in Walton. Brown's Farm would have been situated on the right-hand side of the photograph. This crossing no longer exists, a footbridge is now located in this area. The date of when this photograph was taken is unknown but could be early 1970s.

Side view of the Paul Pry public house taken in the 1930s. The house to the right of the photograph (with a white sign on the side) is now a hairdressers and fish & chip shop.

Paul Pry photographed in May 2007 from a similar location to the 1930s photograph.

The photograph above was sent in by one of our visitors, 'artist'. It depicts a scene from Walton circa 1953:

This photo was taken from the front garden of 1144 Lincoln rd just to the right of the building facing away across Lincoln rd which is obscured by the hedge.(no traffic as such in those days). The new construction is that of Warwick rd behind those buildings is the large council built estate. In the far distance at the end of the line of posts is the small footbridge crossing the brook that would take you into to a park which had a soccer pitch and a children's playground with the Wicksteed variety of swings etc.You could continue through this park area and end up in Werrington village. The horses in the field belonged to "Brown Bros" Manor Farm and were used to haul the milk delivery floats. Occasionally these horses used to escape from the field,usually in the night and gallop up and down Lincoln rd causing a lot of lost sleep around the area. Today 1144 appears to be used as a commercial building (property management).

Mountsteven Avenue photographed during the 1960s/ early 1970s.

Mountsteven Avenue was named after the Mountsteven family. John Mounsteven held the Manor of Paston and was a member of Parliament for Peterborough during 1555. He died in 1584 and was succeeded by his son, Edmund, who was an eminent lay officer of the Bishop and who left his estate as a charity to Paston. With this were built the almshouses on the edge of Paston Ridings (near where Topmoor Way roundabout is now) which lasted until after the last World War. They were in danger of falling into the stream which flowed at their rear and were demolished.