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Cheston Avenue
Large 1930s development of modern brick semis and the odd decorative sun ray.
Ornamental entrance lodge to the Monks Orchard mansion
Park Farm. Also called West Shirley Farm. The land included Monks Orchard Wood which ran diagonally across the northern boundary of the farm, which was also the county boundary. The farm buildings were at the south east corner of a large two part lake..a track went from the farm to the King's Arms. When Lord Gwydir died his Langley estates were sold in lots, and Park Farm was disposed of for £6,000 to John Maberley, who also bought Ham Farm. Maberley died about 1833 and Ham Farm was disposed of to Mr. Morrice while Park Farm went to Samuel Jones Loyd. He was also a Trustee of the National Gallery and took a leading part in the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In 1850 he became Lord Overstone. Samuel J. Lloyd developed Park Farm by building a new mansion and laying out gardens and lawns, and in due course he re-built the farm with stables and outbuildings; his initials and the date 1843 are to be seen to this day over the doorway on the south side of the farmhouse of Park Farm. Entrance to the mansion from the Croydon-Wickham road was obtained by way of two long drives, one coming from the lodge (which still stands as White Lodge at Wickham) in Surrey Field by the White Hart, and the other coming from a lodge in the Shirley direction. Another long drive went northwards to a lodge, similar to White Lodge, on the Upper Elmers End Road. In order to have a name worthy of the improved property Samuel J.LLoyd called it WickhamPark and, of course, he planted by the house a Lebanon Cedar, which was essential to the dignity of any Victorian country house. The tree still stands behind the Dower House, and the walled garden there is the Samuel Jones Lloyd’s old garden. About 1853 or 1854 Lord Overstone, disposed of WickhamPark to his cousin Lewis Loyd, Junior. The name Monks Orchard for the estate originates with Lewis Lloyd, for it was in his time of ownership that a new and magnificent mansion was erected at Monks Orchard Wood at the northern end of the big lake, the lake itself being developed into an ornamental water with a wide horse-shoe shaped waterfall in a number of steps, producing a series of small cascades between the two levels. The new mansion was completed in 1854 and the name Monks Orchard was given to it. The house previously built by S.J. Lloyd resumed the name of Park Farm and was later known also as the Dower House, although the precise reason for the latter name is not known. The property later passed to a nephew, Frederick Edward Lloyd, who lived at Monks Orchard for some time after Mrs. Loyd's death in 1902. He then let Monks Orchard, first in 1911 and in 1913, to Arthur Gurney Preston who died in 1920. In 1920 the property was put up for auction in 44 lots, totally 1540 acres, and included Ham Farm, Eden Park Farm, Shirley Park, Spring Park and the public housed The Rising Sun, The Cricketers and The White Hart. It was at this period of time that the BethlemHospital appeared upon the scene at Monks Orchard, but that is another story, complete in itself. BaptistChurch
In order to have a name worthy of the improved property Samuel J.LLoyd called it Wickham Park and, of course, he planted by the house a Lebanon Cedar, which was essential to the dignity of any Victorian country house. The tree still stands behind the Dower House, and the walled garden there is the Samuel Jones Lloyd’s old garden. About 1853 or 1854 Lord Overstone, disposed of WickhamPark to his cousin Lewis Loyd, Junior.
The name Monks Orchard for the estate originates with Lewis Lloyd, for it was in his time of ownership that a new and magnificent mansion was erected at Monks Orchard Wood at the northern end of the big lake, the lake itself being developed into an ornamental water with a wide horse-shoe shaped waterfall in a number of steps, producing a series of small cascades between the two levels. The new mansion was completed in 1854 and the name Monks Orchard was given to it. The house previously built by S.J. Lloyd resumed the name of Park Farm and was later known also as the Dower House, although the precise reason for the latter name is not known. The property later passed to a nephew, Frederick Edward Lloyd, who lived at Monks Orchard for some time after Mrs. Loyd's death in 1902. He then let Monks Orchard, first in 1911 and in 1913, to Arthur Gurney Preston who died in 1920. In 1920 the property was put up for auction in 44 lots, totally 1540 acres, and included Ham Farm, Eden Park Farm, Shirley Park, Spring Park and the public housed The Rising Sun, The Cricketers and The White Hart. It was at this period of time that the BethlemHospital appeared upon the scene at Monks Orchard, but that is another story, complete in itself. BaptistChurch
Eden Park
Eden Park. Marked thus on the Ordnance Survey map of 1876 but simply ‘Eden’ on the earlier map of 1819. The farm and mansion here, originally part of the Langley Estate were so named from the family of William Eden, later the 1st Lord Auckland, who bought the property in 1807.
Orchard Way
116 Orchard Pub. Modern with pine interior.. stands at the end of a 1960s red-brick shopping parade. Cedar (not apple) trees outside. In the heart of a residential area, this pub has two bright, contemporary drinking areas.
Edenham High School
Orchard Avenue:
Good housing both sides of the road.
Upper Elmers End Lane
166 Rising Sun picturesque pub
Entrance to Park Farm/Wickham Park
Eden Park School. Occupies a site and a house in Upper Elmers End Road formerly called The Hollies. It was founded in the mid 1930s by Mrs A. Mallick, who ran it until her death. It educates boys and girls from 4-11 years
Eden Park Hotel. Tudor style