Cobley Walk

Cobley Walk Old Arkham [13, 91] Loweth Alley a factory Gait Bank the Baldwin Hotel Cobley Walk Bagnall Way Miller Library St. Neot's Church a cemetery Basic Info: A Street is a city block containing no buildings or monuments. There are a variety of other names besides Street including Alley, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive, Grove, Lane, Row, Square, Walk, Place, etc. This is an empty block, and cannot be barricaded.

Description

A narrow east-west lane with asphalt covering cobblestone. The centre of the roadway is the bed of an old rail spur that once connected Cockburn Plaza Railway Station to factories to the east.

History

Cobley Walk is a remnant of a road that once connected Old Arkham, Spicer Hills and Dartside. Industrial and commercial growth has fragmented the road. It is named for the fictitious Uncle Tom Cobley, named in the folk song 'Widcombe Fair'. It refers to the period in which Malton City Council authorized all manners of construction that broke former thoroughfares into small lanes.