Perry Common from the air, October 1926

The brand-new Perry Common estate in October 1926 — a ring of streets set down in open fields, with the Witton Lakes reservoir in the foreground. Kingstanding would be built over the fields beyond two years later.

Notes

Oblique aerial photograph by Aerofilms Ltd, 6 October 1926 (Historic England Archive EPW017042). Historic England’s title: “Housing around The Circle and Witton Lodge Road, Perry Common, 1926”. The “Circle” in the title is Perry Common’s own central circle (today’s Perry Common Ring), not Kingstanding Circle. Places pinned on this series by Britain from Above contributors include College Road, Witton Lodge Road and Dovedale Road.