The fourth of a small series I am placing around the Horeston Grange area.
For a while the eastern side of Nuneaton has been lacking caches, something I am hoping to fix by placing a small series around Horeston Grange.
Horeston Grange was a grange of Nuneaton Fontrevaultine Priory from at least 1291-1540. In 1291 it was a possession of the priory and in 1540 it was granted to Sir Marmaduke Constable. A wide moat enclosed the buildings in 1835 and earthwork remains survived until 1967 when a railway line crossed the site. Remnants of a moat ditch still survive below the surface.
The current housing estate dates, for the most part, from the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was constructed in two sections; there is no vehicular access between the two, although there are a number of connecting pathways for pedestrians. The northern section (off Hinckley Road, based around Tiverton Drive and Tavistock Way) comprises 12 streets named after places in Devon. The southern section (off Eastboro Way, based around the horseshoe formed by Camborne Drive) comprises 24 streets named after places in Cornwall.
Congratulations to FTF - Legochugglers, STF - Madflyer60, TTF - Zaynor1972.