Chestnut Road Estate / Poplar Farm Houses

Chestnut Road used to be called 'Back Lane' but was re-named when the land to the south of the village was redeveloped for housing in the 1960s. Cowley Way, Westlake Place, Queens Close, Lee Crescent, Neville Terrace and Gregory Close became known collectively as the Chestnut Road estate.

One of the black and white photographs is from about 1950, when 'Starlings' was being advertised for sale 'within grounds of quiet seclusion, extending to just under one acre ... with substantial pleasure gardens'. The other photo is from the 1960s, when the Chestnut Road estate was being built, looking north east towards 'Starlings' and the church tower. The large white house, now No 9 Chestnut Road, used to be known as 'Wheeler's End'.