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WESTON
ONE OF THE ANCIENT VILLAGES ON TOPHILL NOW LARGELY HOUSING ESTATES MANY OF THEM BUILT FOR THE NAVY IN THE 1970s AND 1980s. SOME RELICS OF PRE-WORLD WAR 2 LIFE REMAIN - BUT NOT MANY.
WESTON CORNER (DUCK POND) LOOKING TOWARDS SOUTHWELL. FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE BELOW.
WESTON POND 1905? NOTE THE PRINCE ALFRED PUB AT TOP RIGHT OF PICTURE, NOW DEMOLISHED. FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE BELOW.
WESTON FETE DAY 1921
REFORNE STREET, THE GEORGE INN IS ON THE RIGHT. A MODERN VIEW IS BELOW.
GYPSY LANE LOOKING NORTH. A MODERN VIEW IS BELOW.
THE ANCIENT PORTLAND SHEEP POUND WHICH LIES JUST TO THE EAST OF WESTON STREET AND SOUTH OF THE ROYAL MANOR SCHOOL. IT WAS MOVED TO ITS PRESENT POSITION WHEN THE NEARBY HOUSING ESTATE WAS BUILT.
BELOW ARE MODERN PICTURES OF A LONG DERELICT FARMHOUSE SOUTH OF WESTON.
ANOTHER TINY OLD COTTAGE WITH TRADITIONAL STONE SLATES ON THE ROOF.
A LATE TUDOR HOUSE ON THE WEST SIDE OF AVALANCHE ROAD IN WESTON PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1989 BEFORE SYMPATHETIC RENOVATION.
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