Grasmere Gardens

The site of Grassmere Gardens, which is just over an acre in extent is shown as plots 144 and 145 on the 1900 Ordnance Survey map [2.5 inch = 1 mile]. Plot 145 was an orchard. In 1921 a small hut is shown on the west side of the site with a well next to the orchard. On the south, the site was bounded by a disused flour mill.

In 1933 a bungalow was built with a garage at the side facing Nottingham Road, numbered 100 in 1938. Later, Tom Urry, a well-known local artist, lived in the bungalow which was named 'Grasmere'. Sometime after his death the bungalow was demolished and during 1975-6 ten semi-detached houses were erected on the land.