Description: Abbey Street was a dead-end road largely comprising terraced houses on the north side of Ilkeston, running westwards off Lower Bloomsgrove Road. This views shows the rear of Nos 16-23 and is looking east from the site of Nos 21-38, which had been cleared away two years earlier. The houses have also since been demolished leaving the street today devoid of habitation. Ilkeston Gasworks with its prominent instruction to 'USE GAS' is visible in the background. This was demolished in 1967.