The garden city movement was popular in the early years of the twentieth century, with a focus on designs of concentric circles.
In 1912 Rev Joseph Stubbs, vicar of St Mary’s Church, proposed that there should be a local garden city ‘extending from their church to Somerton Church, which would be a charming thing’.
Local authority houses were built in Garden City from 1918, and more houses were added later in 1929. It was named in honour of Kelways Nurseries.
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