Abbey Street, stretches from  Burton Road at the top right down to it's junction with Curzon Street, and over the years has seen quite a bit of development with various slum clearance programs, and during 2008 - 2009 further work is in progress with buildings and land being developed for the provision of a new inner ring road.

Factoids

• Joan Rice the popular cinema starlet of the 1950s was born on Abbey Street

Above is the old car park at the Macklin Street end of Abbey Street, and below taken from the back of the car park, is the corner of Monk Street and Drewry Lane, bottom left taken in 1988  and bottom right taken 2007

Above right a little further up are boarded up houses awaiting demolition in 1988, above left is the boarded up DIY shop on the corner of Macklin Street 1988, controversy ensued as the premises changed  it's use to become a sex shop in the late eighties

2007 sees further developments as Derby's long awaited inner ring road finally gets approved, these terrace houses are boarded up and ready for demolition. In 2009 these are now demolished as the new road sweeps in.

Another fine house on Monk Street ready to go

The following 4 pictures are courtesy of John Buttress, who writes this picture is the south western limit of Wilmot Street. Looking east towards junction of Leopold Street and Osmaston Road

Looking across the new ring road, straight over to Leopold St. Several houses have been demolished to make way

In Wilmot Street, looking south west towards Leopold Street and Normanton Road

From Abbey Street car park, looking up towards Wilson St, other side of new ring road

Below are views of Curzon Street in 1988, around this time a building in the vicinity below collapsed, not sure if it was the one below with boarded up windows, a new building was eventually erected,  Curzon Street was closed off for a couple of days, whilst the building was made safe, fortunately no one was hurt