St Albans
London Road222 Behind facade, at lower ground level, is long, narrow building, 1910, which once housed Ship Model Experiment Tank of Vickers Shipbuilding Group Ltd. Closed 1980 and now in multiple...
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Lemsford Road Halt 1st August 1942. Great Northern Railway. On the north side of Hill End Lane. Opened for workmen in August 1942. It was a private Halt and did not appear in public timetables and...
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Glenview Gardens5 was used as a church before St. Francis’s was builtGravel Hill TerraceCardy House – home of the hunting Alderman Stevenson and the Aldenham Harriers Hunt.Tillingbourne Hay. Home of...
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Hobletts RoadHobletts Manor. Converted from two Elizabethan cottages then called Hobletts Orchard. Demolished in the 1960s.QueenswaySt.Paul’s Hospital. Opened 1836 as Hempstead House workhouse called...
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Bennett’s End LaneChalk mine. Lime works and Limax worksJarman’s Fields.Named after Arthur Jarman – local boy made good and mayor
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Redbourne RoadHemel Hempstead Engineering. Moved here from High Street in 1949 and had been founded by Joseph Cranstone. Closed in 1982True Blue Inn. Was near the junction with Angell Lane. The door...
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AdeyfieldNeighbourhood development area 1949.Everest WaySt.Barnabas1952Leverstock Green RoadAdeyfield Free United Reformed Church Cox’s Pond.Compulsorily purchased in 1948. During the Second World War...
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Box HillNamed after the box trees which grew here in great abundance until cut down in the early 19th century.National Trust is now the owner and 900 acres of surrounding heath, grassland and...
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Betchworth Park The coach road through Betchworth Park was a toll road from the 19th to c. 1930. Part of the swivel gate of the pedestrian turnstile the northern end of the road remained in...
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Fort RoadBetchworth Fort Situated at the top of the Downs above Brockham Limeworks, access from Fort Road. The fort, cottage and land were sold back to Deepdene Estates by the government around 1909...
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RailwayBrockham Sidings. Sidings left the north side of the railway to serve limeworks, brickworks, hearthstone mines, and sand pits. The arch under the line by Pilgrim's Cottages took the siding to...
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Wellhouse laneManor Cottage. The Front Range has been dated to 1588-9. The main range is timber framed with brick infill, now covered in lime render. In 1634 the house was part of the manor of East...
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BucklandPylons. The scheme for the transmission system for South Eastern England was outlined in the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1926. This entailed the provision of bulk supplies at 33kV to Epsom,...
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BroomePark. Plain 19th Ashlar FrontTemple in the grounds. Circular and domed.brick-built ice house 100 yards north of the house near the site of an old pond. It is built into an earth mound under...
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Tapwood Pit Buckland Sandpits Here the Folkestone Beds of the Lower Greensand spread over a wide area and the grain size and chemical composition of the sand make it particularly suitable for...
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BucklandPopulation 530 in the 1950s. A pretty village with a green and pond. St.Mary’s Church, 1860 rebuilt in 14thstyle. Woodyer. Picturesque old timber belfry Spiral staircase to it. 1380 glass...
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Cliftons LaneBuckland Tileworks. These were situated north of the railway and were served by the siding, which was also connected to the sandpits. The sidings and works were extended during World...
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Buckland Road. Flat Victorian letterbox. ReigateHeathBronze age burial moundsFlanchford Road Reigate Heath windmill. Round house is a chapel. Internal machinery still there. 18th century. Restored by...
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Pilgrims Wayperhapsthe best-known footpath in the country. The ancient trackwayruns under dark groves of ancient yews as it wanders along thefoot of Colley Hill, towering above you on the...
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Colley LanePavilion Cottages. Lutyens. Cottage at either end and cricket pavilion in the middleNorth Albert RoadWhite Stevenson Ltd. TQ248508 1921 made food flavourings and still do. Tangye twin...
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