Lost lanes of Linton (Derbys) Pt4
In this fourth part of the series, I will discuss some of the roads and lanes around the core of the village, which have been lost or changed. Back Lane (didn't most towns and villages have one), is the most straightforward one to find. It is clearly marked in this map extract of 1945 below [1] . The Coates' were living at Back Lane in 1939 and probably continuously up to 1947 and the death of grandfather William. From near the northwest end of Main Street, it ran in a southwesterly direction, up and over the high point in the village, then back down before turning slightly westwards, to a junction with High Street. It was later topologically appropriately renamed The Crest, when the Princess Avenue development was built. O.S. 25" to 1 mile, published 1945, Derbyshire sheet LX.13 Looking at the 1821/22 'Hartshorn' map, some of the lanes around Linton appear to have been drawn a little irregularly, particularly those leading to Cauldwell and Botany Bay [2] . How