Dartford Heath
this post is not finished and not edited or checkedCommon LaneSt.Michael and All Angels Church, 1884, Possible Saxon font, pump, plate, monuments Churchyard Pocock buried Dartford HeathSecret...
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this post is not finished and not edited or checkedRowhill RoadRowhill was part of the Baldwyns estateRowhill Grange. 'A denehole was dug out by a party of archaeologists. The hole is entered via a...
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this post is not finished and not edited or checkedAlbion MewsAlmeida StreetSite of Sir William Pitcairn's Botanical Garden. Five acres. He was physician at Barts. Laid out in the late 18th...
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This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedAngelAngel. District and station named from a former coaching inn on the Great North Road called the Angel dating from the 17th century. It...
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This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedDunsprings LaneThe manor of Emelingbury or Emelyn was at Barkingside. the place was near Mossford Green and Gayshams. Emelingbury lay...
View ArticleFAIRLOP PLAIN
This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedFairlopNamed from a famous oak tree, in what was then Hainault Forest called ‘Fair Lop Tree’ in 1738. Fairlop Oak is marked on the Ordnance...
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This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedGLC/Redbridge boundary Goes east to the edge of Mile Plantation where it meets the Havering boundaryThe GLC/Havering boundary Goes due east...
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This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedFrinton RoadStone marker for the boundary of Waltham ForestHog HillIn 1883 50 celts found hereGolf Club was a school built in 1885 and closed...
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This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedBillet RoadFurze House Farm. ‘Furze’ House refers to the gorse. Furze House Farm House, 1839-40 with modest later extensions. These fields...
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This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedCollier Row Lane, Church of the Good Shepherd 1934-5 by Newberry & Fowler. Conservative late Gothic, elegant and refined. Vicarage...
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This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedBroxhill RoadRound House, east of church and green. Oval building, c.1800 was owned by a tea merchant and modelled on a tea caddy. Owned by...
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This post is not finished, had not been checked or editedPyrgo ParkMagnificent gatepostsThe royal estate included the area which later became Pyrgo Park, where there was another house, rebuilt as...
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This post is not finished has not been edited or checkedLower Bedfords RoadCrenellated tower with stair 1816 as an eyecatcher by John? Demolished house called Bedfords. Origin late c18 weatherboarded
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This post is not finished has not been edited or checkedGrange RoadHilldene Primary School.Heaton GrangeNamed after John Heaton born in 1740 and a City Lawyer with offices in Old Burlington Street....
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This post is not finished has not been edited or checkedBroadway.Houses have gardens backing down to the former fishponds of the Gidea Hall estate. Brook RoadHouses built in the 1934 'Modern Homes'...
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This post has not been finished, checked or editedBull LaneAncient Lane which used to cross the Oxford Road and go across Bulstrode Park and continued as Hedgerley Lane. Probably diverted by the Earl...
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This post has not been finished, checked or editedCamp RoadEstate developed by Richmond Watson and the Watson Investment CompanyDukes Wood DriveEstate developed by Richmond Watson and the Watson...
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This post has not been finished, checked or editedDukes Wood EstateDeveloped by Sir John Ramsden late 1920s and this continued into the 1940s.East Common RoadBerkeley Cottage. Built in 1818 on the...
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This post has not been finished, checked or editedOxford RoadToll House on the turnpike road with toll gates at Redhill. Demolished for road widening in 1929
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This post has not been finished, checked or editedCheapside LaneMethodist chapel, 1820 opened by Adam Clarke, memorial window
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