Swiss Cottage
Post to the west West HampsteadPost to the north Frognal and HampsteadAdelaide RoadNamed after Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV. 4a Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre. This is now managed by Better. The...
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Post to the north River Crane, FulwellAlpha RoadAlpha Road Gardens. A former allotment site now with shrubs, trees and a play area. It is possible that this was a bomb site resulting from destruction...
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Post to the east Newbury ParkPost to the South ValentinesAshurst DriveBaptist Church .Church building and rear hall opened in 1929. . The name chosen for the church was 'Eastern Avenue Baptist Church'...
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Post to the south Watford NorthPost to the east River Colne, Meridian EstateApple Tree Walk Stanborough Primary School. This is a coeducational independent day and boarding school. It stands in 40...
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Post to the north OrchehillPost to the east OakendAmersham RoadEdith is somewhat confused by the name ‘Amersham Road” being shown on various maps as a name for a variety of roads in the area. It seems...
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Post to the south Central HammersmithAddison GardensAddison Primary School. This was Addison Gardens School built by the School Board for London in the 1890s and expanded in the 1920s. It pioneered...
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Post to the South Salmons Brook Windmill HillPost to the west Hog HillPost to the north Turkey Brook Chase FarmBycullah RoadBycullah House. Named after an area of Bombay the house and estate were sold...
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Post to the east Addington InterchangeAddington Village RoadAddington Police Station. This appear to have been built on the 1970s on the site of a garageElectrical Sub station. A 33kV substation...
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Post to the south GreenfordAllington CloseBuilt on the site of sidings. These sidings ran west and then turned to factories to the south including the British Bath Company and led eventually to the...
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Amblecote MeadowGated housing development on the site of railway sidings.Amblecote RoadEntrance to Chinbrook MeadowsChinbrook Meadows. The majority of this park is in the square to the east and south...
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Post to the north Acton Town and Gunnersbury ParkPost to the south Strand on the GreenPost to the east Turnham Green and Acton GreenBrentford MarketBrentford Market began in 1306 with a Royal Charter....
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Posts to the east South End Belsize Park South End and Gospel OakPost to the south Swiss CottageThis area consists of many roads where most buildings are listed and many have been lived in by a...
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Post to the north AlpertonPost to the west BrenthamBispham RoadRoad of houses, probably late 1930s. The end of the road has flats, probably 1970s or 1980s. One block of flats appears be called...
View ArticleHarlesden Stonebridge
Post to the west Park RoyalPost to the north StonebridgeActon LaneOld substation. This appears to be a railway electrification related building. Now in use by small businessHarlesden Station This...
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Post to the south WoodsidePost to the east BirkbeckPost to the north AnerleyAlbert RoadThis road is the earliest built here, first listed in 1855, and although the Croydon Canal was no longer in use it...
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Archery CloseWealdstone Little Laundry site. It was run by Miss Jayne who ran women’s recruitment into munitions work in the Great War. She also introduced American laundry technology into England. The...
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Church HillOld schools. In 1572 John Lyon, a local farmer established the school, on his death management passed to a Board of Governors. Their first duty was to replace the schoolhouse. It opened in...
View ArticleList of pages along the Greater London Boundary
The Darent meets the Thames. Long Reach, Measured mile, Royal Flying Corps ground Dartford Creek Barrier. http://edithsstreets.blogspot.com/.../londonkent-boundary... Dartford Marshes. Coal duty post,...
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DARENT AND IS TRIBUTORIESDarent . spring, source and Squerries. Romano British fort http://edithsstreets.blogspot.com/2010/01/thames-tributary-darent-squerryes.htmlWesterham. Black Eagle Brewery,...
View ArticleList of pages following the route of the south London River Ravensbourne and...
SOUTH LONDON – RIVER RAVENSBOURNE AND ITS TRIBUTORIES Keston. Source of the Ravensbourne, Olive’s Mill, Romano British Cemetery, gravel pit, Keston Ponds,...
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