Old Hatfield
Arm and Sword Lane Lane running down from the Great North Road past pub car park. Was once called ‘Blood and Gut Alley’ or ‘Bug Alley’ because of a slaughterhouse there. The road continues under the...
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Post to the east HattonPost to the south Hatton RoadChaucer AvenueInternal Airport RoadCranford LaneInternal Airport RoadDick Turpin's WayThe area was apparently notorious for highway robberyHatton...
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Telegraph Hill, Southwark(this post has been added without having been checked, or referenced - if I dont add these will never get it done!!) Ansdell Road2-storey houses, bow windows, eight rooms,...
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(this post has been added without having been checked, or referenced - if I dont add these will never get it done!!) Thames Tributary RavensbourneThe Ravensbourne continues to flow north and slightly...
View ArticleHeathrow
This post has not been edited or updated and there are no referencesHEATHROW AIRPORT Heathrow village and houses are gone. The Airport is the site of New Barn Farm. Marked on the Ordnance Survey map...
View ArticleHayes (Middlesex)
This post has only been partly edited and is not finishedAustin RoadAustin Road Estate. Red brick council estateBlyth RoadEMI Central Research Labs factory, Electrical and Musical Industries Ltd. also...
View ArticleHendon
this post has not been edited or sourcedAlgernon RoadSt. John the Evangelist. 1895. An early work by Temple Moore, 1895-6. Plain stock brick contrasts stone dressings and elaborate decorated tracery....
View ArticleNew Barnet
this post has not been edited or updatedAlgernon Road St. John the Evangelist. 1895. An early work by Temple Moore, 1895-6. Plain stock brick contrasts stone dressings and elaborate decorated tracery....
View ArticleHinchley Wood
this post has not been checked, edited or referencedHinchley WoodSelect residential estateLittleworth RoadMilestone halfway between Portsmouth Road and Oaken Lane. Coal post outside Lessworth west...
View ArticleHolloway Road
this post has not been checked, edited or referencedAdam's Place 1979, an intimate version ofmulti-level housing.Andover Row Barmouth House Carew Close Chard House Methley House Alsen Road Ray...
View ArticleHomerton
This post has not been checked or editedBentham Road Gascoyne Estate, 1950s London County Council housing. First slab block inspired by Le Corbusier. Brutalist block first use of Alton like forms...
View ArticleHounslow
this post has not been checked or editedMaswell Park Road Maswell Park Named from ‘Mossewelle’ 1485, ‘Moswell’ 1498, that is "spring or stream of a man called 'Maessa', from Old English ‘wella’ and an...
View ArticleCentral Hounslow
this post has not been checked or editedBalfour RoadLaid out with housing early 20thGreat West Road991 Listed Grade II Reinforced concrete warehouse to the design of FE Simpkins. Lampton Lampton-eld...
View ArticleHounslow East
this post has not been checked or editedBridge RoadPear Tree Estate, Heston and Isleworth electricity generating plant Beldam Packing and Rubber CompanyEversley CrescentLaid out by 1855, and nearly a...
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this post has not been checked or editedCrossways Heston Hall, Heston End Hounslow WestNew district formed on part of Hounslow Heath in the late 19th. Bath Road Ambassador Cinema Hounslow West...
View ArticleOxted - Hurst Green
this post has not been checked or editedViticultural Research Station ?HurstlandsHurst Green Station. 1st June 1907. Was formerly a wooden structure opened on the south side of the road. It was...
View ArticleIsleworth
this post has not been checked and editedCopper Mill DriveJohn Broad's 16th century brass and copper millGrove RoadPrimary school Hall Road2 County Arms Hartham Road, Is their a connection with...
View ArticleCamberwell
this post has not been checked or editedAzenby Square. 2-storey and 2-storey with basement houses. A great mixture, mechanics and labouring class. Gone down. (Booth)Basing Court Basing Manor House....
View ArticleNunhead
Aspinall RoadEmbankment where the old railway line departed. Housing and Nature reserve too. Cutting made in 1860, this is now a wide embankment of bramble thickets and sycamore woodland that turns...
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