A terrace of houses that were on the west side of London Road, between Crusoe Road and Swains Road. Also called Sibthorp Villas in some street directories and newspaper articles.

In 1940 German bombing destroyed part of the terrace between Swains Road and Pitcairn Road, and the rest was later demolished.

Not shown on the 1897 OS map, but is on the 1911 map. There is no entry in the 1904/1905 street directory, but there is in the 1911 edition, suggesting that this terrace was built between 1905 and 1911.

1897 OS map

This 1935 OS map shows the houses, outline in red, that formed part of the terrace.

1935 OS map

The 1949 OS map shows where the houses had been demolished, leaving numbers 84 to 96.

1949 OS map

The numbering of the houses was originally from north to south, 1 to 15, as shown in the 1911 street directory
Some houses had names and these are shown in brackets.

1, Mrs NICHOLLS
2,
3, Reuben KEMP (Glanville house)
4, Richard KERR F.G.S, F.R.A.S (Fair view)
5, Harold DURRANT

6, Rev. Edward John BAKER M.A.
7, William Norton DRAKEFORD
8, Mrs FILLMORE
9, Thomas MORRIS (Llanberis)
11, Walter UNDERWOOD
12, Charles C. BARNES
13, Jacob KEYZER
14, James McISACK

The house names aren’t shown in the 1925 directory.

1, William James LANSLEY
2, Charles Edwin WILLIAMSON
3, John James BURNBY
4, William Henry GRAY
5, Edwin PUTLAND
7, Neville DOREY
8, John BACON
9, Henry WHITE
12, Thomas Joseph SAGE
13, Isaac KEYZOR
14, Mrs CRUDEN
15, Edward Patrick LAHIFF, M.B., B.Ch. & B.A.O., physician & surgeon

These were renumbered as 68 to 76 and 78 to 96.

On 25th September 1940, a family was killed by German bomb at number 76. They were Arthur PEMBROOK, aged 29, his wife Chrissie Constance Kathleen Pembrook, aged 27, and their children Jean Margaret, 5, and Terence Arthur, 4.