ALBERT ROAD
ALBERT ROAD (and ‘courts’)
Albert Road and the area between it and Castle Street, taking in the Rope Walk, were developed in the 1860s as part of the housing boom following the arrival of the railway in the town and the establishment of Cambrian Railways Headquarters in Oswestry. Trinity Street was a narrow lane leading from Albert Road through Rope Walk to Castle Street. Along the Rope Walk, from Beatrice Street end, were Bethel Terrace, Rose Place, Rose Cottages and Vine Cottages, which stood at the top of Rope Walk by Cripplegate. Cripplegate sometimes Cripplegate Street ran from Castle Street towards the top of Rope walk where Swan Crescent stood. Today Denmark Place (built1864) are Nos 2-10, Clifton Villas Numbers 12 and 14 and Llwyn Place (1862) are 16-20 Albert Road. Much of this area of Victorian back-to-backs was demolished in 1960’s for the development of Castlefields.
ALBERT ROAD
6A Lance Corporal 6944 William Salter, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Born and raised in Teflach moved to Oswestry after his marriage.
11 Private 28541 Richard Roberts, 10 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Born in Ardleen. In Oswestry lived on Albert Road here and at Castle Square. He moved to work at Cammell Laird Shipyard, Birkenhead and lived at Tranmere.
27 Gunner 5226 Benjamin Cadman, 119 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born in Oswestry. Lived and worked in Ellesmere Port before moving back to Oswestry.
30 Private 22357 Christopher R Williams, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Born in Oswestry also lived at Gatacre Street.
42 Sergeant 200073 William Pryce Davies, 1/4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. After his marriage lived here also lived at Rose Place, Rope Walk.
47 Lance Corporal 10474 Bernard Spiers, 2 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Born at Llanfordda Hall where his father worked.
72A Corporal 1590 Rowland Evans, 4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Born in Wrexham.
75 Private 315983 James RT (Raymond Titley) Beckett, 1/4 (Denbighshire) Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Born and lived in Oswestry.
‘School House’ Private 27134 Reginald H (Hopkins) Pendry, 1 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Born In Oswestry also lived at Porkington Terrace, Willow Street, Park Avenue. After the war his mother lived on Castle Street.
Beatrice Place, Albert Road Nine properties on the corner of Trinity Street and Albert Road
3 Private 158 Edward Farmer, 4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Born in Oswestry and lived here and Cripplegate. After his marriage at 2 Castle Place, Chapel Street.
Bethel Terrace, Albert Road Sometimes known as Bethel Cottages, a row of 5 houses off Beatrice Street, at the rear of Albert Road Calvinistic Chapel next to Rose Place along, the Albert Road side, of the Rope Walk.
5 Private 6953 Percy Phillips, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Family home also lived at Albion Hill and Castle Street. Percy moved to London (Aldine Street). His mother and brothers would live on at 67 Albert Road and Beatrice Street.
28 Able Seaman R/3261 Edward M Dudlestone, Nelson Battalion Royal Navy Division. Also lived at Rope Walk. Address on Enlistment given as 4 Castle Square, Albert Road.
Cambrian Square, Albert Road Possibly also known as Cambrian Terrace at the juction of Albert Road with Trinity Street opposite Beatrice Place. Includes The Old Three Pigeons which is still there today.
7 Private 60745 Isaac Roberts, 14 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Family also lived at Vine Cottages, Albert Road and Gasworks Cottages. He would work in Hugglescote Lancashire. His wife and child lived at Gate Street after the war.
Castle Square, Albert Road Part of the development of the Rope Walk during the early 1860s. Close by was Castle Terrace built around 1851.
3 Private 22129 Ernest R Desborough, 9 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Born in Denbigh. In Oswestry also lived at Rope Walk, Beatrice Street and Willow Street.
4 Able Seaman R/3261 Edward M Dudlestone, Nelson Battalion Royal Navy Division. Address on Enlistment given as 4 Castle Square, Albert Road also lived at 17 Rope Walk.
6 Private 5588 Fred Owen, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Also lived at Rope Walk and Church Place Church Street
7 Private 28541 Richard Roberts, 10 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Born Ardleen moved to Tranmere. See 11Albert Road
Denmark Place, Albert Road Now 2-10 Albert Road, even numbers only this side of the road, built 1864.
4 Corporal 17414, Poole, Walter W., 4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Born in Hadley in Oswestry lived here and Gatacre Place, Brynhafod Road, Oswestry where he died.
Llwyn Place, Albert Road Now 16-20 Albert Road built 1862
20 Private 200076 George Albert Corbett, 1/4Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Also lived at Castle Street & Llys Lane.
Signal Terrace, Albert Road 9 (4 roomed) houses at right angle to Albert Road opposite Llwyn Place below Albert Road School built 1860s demolised 1960s
1 Private 21270 Edward W (William Edward) Lyndom, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Family home in 1901, also lived at Coney Green and Willow Street. In 1911 his married sister Lizzie was at 6 Signal Terrace with one of this other sisters Margaret, described as an imbecile,
1 Private 8710 George Lawrence, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 1911 George’s parents lived here with their children, also lived at Lorne Street and 2 Trinity Street.
14 Private 55318 Edward D (Delme) Evans, 2 Bn Welsh Regiment. Born Llandovery, Montgomeryshire also lived at Ash Road.
16 Private 37389 George H Jones 1 Bn King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Born in Whittington family lived for a time in Penmaen Cottage, Brithdir, near to Dollgelau. Brother to Private 200588 John R Jones
16 Private 200588 John R Jones, 1/4 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Brother to Private 37389 George H Jones
Victoria Terrace, Albert Road built 1884 now numbers 37-41 Albert Road
4 Private 31070 Arthur Clare, 2 Bn South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers). Also lived at Cripplegate and Sunny Bank, Castle Street and boarded at Gate Street.
Vine Cottages, Albert Road situated at the top of Rope Walk
1 Second Lieutenant Charles A (Albert) Davies, 7 Bn South Wales Borderers. Census 1891 & 1901 lived here also boarded at Gittins Street and at Castle Street after his marriage.
1 Lance Corporal 24296 Albert Davies, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. In 1911 living at Vine Cottages had lived at Castle Place, Chapel Street and lived at Lorne Street after his marriage.
3 Private 60745 Isaac Roberts, 14 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Also at 7 Cambrian Square, Albert Road and Gasworks Cottages. His widow and child lived at Gate Street, Oswestry
8 Private 5947 Alfred Steenton 2 Bn South Staffordshire Regiment, Born in Shrewsbury the family lived in Shrewsbury before moving to Oswestry. Later lived at Nant Y Caws.
Private 6958 Oswald Peters, 2 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Also lived at Swan Crescent and Chapel Street.
Albert Place see Beatrice Street
ALBION HILL connects Bailey Head and Bailey Street to Beatrice Street and Leg Street
(6) ‘Unicorn Inn’ Private 6953 Percy Phillips, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Percy’s father was the Publican also lived at Bethel Terrace, Albert Road and Castle Street. His mother and brothers lived on Albert Road and Beatrice Street.
8 Lance Corporal 201314 Hubert W Gwilliam, 5 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Shop which once had had been a military outfitters. Born Shrewsbury and lived on High Street, Shrewsbury before moving to Oswestry.
ARTHUR STREET The name came into use more generally in 1850s before that it was known as Street Arthur. It links Bailey Head with Willow Street at this junction is the Butcher’s Arm’s, know as a public house since 1783. This gave rise to its alternative name of Butcher’s Arms Shut. In this area are some of the oldest houses of the town.
Arthur Street (DO)
7 Private M/403930 Herbert Parsons, Army Service Corps MT Depot Sydenham. Lived on Willow Street after his marriage. His mother became guardian of his children living at Castle Street.
10 Private 266507 Joseph W Darlington, 1/1 Bn Kent Cyclist. Family at Upper Church Street Joseph would work in Colchester. Mother at Upper Brook Street.
11 Private 160690 Edward Thomas, Shropshire Yeomanry attch. 1 Bn Cheshire Regiment. Parents on CWGC at Arthur Street. Also lived at Upper Brook Street
Fitzalan Court, Arthur Street
Private 17679 E A (Evan Arthur) Humphreys, 1Bn Coldstream Guards. Parents at Chapel Place, Castle Street post war.
ARUNDEL ROAD Developed in 1890 off Welsh Walls
17 Private 290908 James Pierce, 7 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Also lived at Welsh Walls.
ASH ROAD Numbers 2-18 built in 1893 and 20-42 in 1887
8 Private 55318 Edward D (Delme) Evans, 2 Bn Welsh Regiment. Born in Llandovery. In Oswestry also lived at Signal Terrace, Albert Road.
15 Private 11378 Valentine R Sperring, 5 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Living here 1911; also lived at Lord Street, Castle Street and Beatrice Street.
16 Lance Corporal 24301 Edward Sweeney, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Born in Middlewich at Lewin Road.
20 Lance Corporal 24296 Albert Davies, 7 Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. In 1917 his parents lived here.
32 Shoeing Smith 146519 Lewis J Edmunds, A Bty XCIX Royal Field Artillery. Born and worked in Dolganog however Lewis’ sister lived in Oswestry at Ash Road
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