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Addressing Huthwaite

Common Road - B6027

Hucknall Road

Wardwarden roles and alternative naming for Dirty Hucknall were both made redundant here ending the 18th century, when the Manor Lord oversaw allotments enclosing all Sutton forest waste land Commons. Broader coverage with a clearer copy of the resulting c1800 Sutton Forest Enclosures map would assist research. However, there's not much roadside changes throughout mapping a laid 1805 roadway into 1884, except for recently sinking a New Hucknall Colliery off lower meadows.

Laying what was initially termed a Hucknall Road considered full path branching northward off a major Alfreton Turnpike highway, should extend maintenance along whole length a recognisable Main Street. A typically named Commonside lane then passed over addressing into a few small farm cottages running parallel down west side off Blackwell Road, just beneath main junction that merited end point for this still undeveloped 1884 new road, sufficiently still titled "New Road".

Obvious choice of name eventually recognises Common Road census address for a rapidly expanding industrial mining village. A few established roadside farms readdressed transition from a rural hamlet. One had stood atop north west corner on allotment 68. That was just one of several plots retained by the Duke of Portland Manor Lord, remembered continually being last run by Farnsworth.

Entire corner ended up being redeveloped to present a short Churchmead cul-de-sac at NG17 2RN. The 2005 juxtapose dates commencement of work installing traffic lights atop a much busier accident prone junction crossed by school children.

Modern renovation of a midpoint farmhouse sights 2003 farmyard entrance leading into a recently built NG17 2LZ addressing The Paddocks. Grandly updating this original farm must now recognise oldest standing Common Road premises.

Furthest old dwelling had remotely stood on the steep incline nearing Fulwood. Brian Hayes fondly remembered grandmothers home, photoing its final years through late 1970s when still personally passing this starting apprenticed work above on Fulwood Road South. That roughly dates some initial Fulwood Industrial Estate developments, afterwards claiming entire meadows.

Church Side

Allotment number 80 was another plot retained by the Manor Lord. Hereditary title realises broader generosity of a sixth Duke of Portland, who appears to allocate that parcel of land when Hucknall Huthwaite demanded a second National Schoolhouse. Sutton-in-Ashfield parish leaders were again influential opening extended 1891 Church classrooms called Common Road School.

One facing allotment mapped number 266 made to Samuel Unwin covered entire opposite top roadside corner. Donation of land around a century later by the Unwin-Heathcote family, must appreciate a very generous contribution toward finally siting a Hucknall Huthwaite parish church. December 1903 opening prominently features All Saints sharing Church of England school name.

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16 Oct 04     by Gary Elliott       Updated 10 Jan 20