23.The Cross Stone In the wall of the house opposite the end of Church Lane there is a carved stone thought to be a consecration stone from an earlier church. It was found buried under or near ash pits behind a cottage on High Street that was demolished in the mid 20th century.
	24. The Cross Roads “The Cross” The crossroads High Street/ Holcot Road/Old Road/Bakers Lane has been known as “The Cross” locally. It is assumed that this is where the stone village cross once stood.  A base of a stone cross is now in the churchyard.
	25. Co-op building and The Ferns. At the cross roads with the Old Road you will see the newly converted Co-op building on your right. In the 1910’s-20 the main village bakery was in a building at the back of the Co-op. There was also a baker’s oven in the second building on the right going down Bakers Lane. The oven was used as a reserve and back-up to the Co-op oven but it is thought that it pre-dates the Co-op. There is a record of a fire in 1805, which started in the house of a baker called Richard Dunmore.   Within four hours the fire had destroyed five houses. No location for the house is given but the likelihood is that it was in Bakers Lane. Next door to the Co-op is the Ferns which is reputedly one of the oldest houses in the village, being built in 1568.
	The co-op was one of many stores in Walgrave in the early and mid 1900’s. 26.Holly House.  On the opposite corner Holly House was once Mr Claydon’s Tailors. Just further up past the Green on the Holcot Road there was a butchers shop. The first house on the corner of Bakers Lane was a general store called “Boyes” and until it was demolished in the 1950’s it still displayed the old enamel signs.
	Walking along the Holcot Road you will see the Dial house on your right.
	27. The Dial House. The sundial on the south wall of the Dial House is recorded by the British Sundial Society as a vertical declining 1700’s dial.  The inscription on the dial reads “We shall die all” “ Hours fly, flowers die, new days, old ways pass by, love stays”
	At the corner of the Holcot Road on the right hand side, just before leaving the village, you will see a farm gate.  The walk along the side of this field will take you to the rear of the Parish Cemetery and avoids the necessity of walking on the main road.
	Return to the village by retracing your steps along the Holcot Road, head to the crossroads and turn left into the Old Road.
	28.The Old Shoe Factory 29.The Laurels The Old Road illustrates the progress of Stephen Walker’s business with the large Victorian Factory on your right. The factory was built in 1899 to house the growing boot manufacturing business. Next door is the Blacksmith’s Forge known as Gladstone House and directly behind the factory stands Walker’s own house, The Laurels, also built in 1899. This area of the village has seen many changes but the main Victorian buildings have been saved. The factory remained in operation, under various owners, up until the late 1980’s. At one stage the original brick factory stood side by side with a large “modern” metal unit, which covered the area of Walkers Acre. At this time the Laurels was used as offices. In the early eighties the larger factory units were demolished and the houses on Walkers Acre were built as “starter” homes for villagers. In 2003 the factory was converted into three “town houses”.
	On the way back to the Village Hall stop to look at the terraced houses on New Row.
	30.New Row. The Houses on New Row once again show the impact of the shoe industry and the growth of Walgrave.
	31. Klondike Cottages. Also on the Old Road stand the Klondike Cottages, which are of similar style to those of Spionkop cottages with workshops at the rear. These cottages were named after the Klondike goldrush, Yukon Territories Canada 1896 –1899.
	As you walk back to the Village Hall you pass Amber Drive named after the highly successful Amber FC.
	The walk finishes back at the Village Hall on Newlands Road.
	We hope that you enjoyed your visit to Walgrave.	Issue 1 (4/04)