"This is a long straight passage that is lined with decorative houses on one side, overlooking a former graveyard and blocks of 1930s council housing. The graveyard was first laid out in 1810 as a cemetery for a chapel of ease, and burials continued until 1876. In 1884, the council was granted permission to turn the disused graveyard into a public park, which opened in October 1885."
"There is some debate about its age: most say it was created when the burial ground was laid out, but some very early maps suggest there may already have been a path through the fields in the area before the burial ground. Supporting that is a small date stone about halfway along the passage saying "St Thomas's Place 1807", so three years before the burial ground was laid out."
An extended narrow passage runs along the western edge of a burial ground, lined with decorative houses and overlooking 1930s council housing. The burial ground opened as a cemetery in 1810 and remained in use until 1876. The council converted the disused cemetery into a public park opened in October 1885. A small date stone reading "St Thomas's Place 1807" suggests a route predating the burial ground. A slim modern insert fills a former gap at 8 St Thomas's Place after owners received permission to extend over the void in 2019. Northward, an anomalous garden wall marks where a manor house once stood before 1859 redevelopment replaced it with terraced and alley-facing houses.
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