Gipsy Lane, Nuneaton

The plot in The Mill on the Floss of Maggie Tulliver running away to join the gypsies may have been inspired by Gipsy Lane and its 19th centry gypsy encampments.

“Gipsy Lane, Nuneaton, in the snow with a bus passing.” 1950. Warwickshire County Record Office. Accessed July 13, 2020. https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/nuneaton-gipsy-lane.

1950

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Unknown, Gipsy Lane, Nuneaton, Images of George Eliot's England, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/3110