Church · Borehamwood · WD6 · Contributed by Scott Hatton

November

14

2016

Shenley Road, WD6

Shenley Road is the main street running through Borehamwood.

Leading to the village of Shenley, and hence the name, it was not always the high street of Boreham Wood (later Borehamwood). The main commercial activity until the 1930s was centred on Theobald Street instead.

As the village grew into a town, and especially as the new estate came into being, the largely residential nature of Shenley Road began to change as houses were knocked down and shops erected. This coincided with the centre of gravity of Borehamwood moving east as film studios were built.

When Elstree Way was laid out around the time of the Second World War, its junction with Shenley Road began to mark the limit of the commercial west end of the road and the still residential east/north end.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Aberford Park:   Aberford Park lies in Brook Road, Borehamwood.
ABPC Elstree Studios:   British National Pictures Ltd purchased 50 acres of land on the south side of Shenley Road and began construction of two large film stages in 1925. The first film produced there was Madame Pompadour in 1927.
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Ark Theatre:   The Ark Theatre was situated on the site of Hertsmere Upper school.
Barnet Grass Speedway:   Barnet Grass Speedway was active between 1929 and 1936, next to the recently constructed Barnet By Pass.
BECC Children’s Centre:   The Borehamwood and Elstree (BECC) Children’s Centre opened in 2008.
Boreham Wood Baptist Church:   The Baptist Church, situated on the corner of Furzehill Road, opened on 14 July 1911.
Boreham Wood Football Club Ground:   
Borehamwood:   Borehamwood is a town of approximately 30 000 residents in southern Hertfordshire, just outside London, and part of the London commuter belt.
Borehamwood Link Children’s Centre:   The Borehamwood Link Children’s Centre opened in 2007.
British and Dominion Studios:   In 1930 British and Dominion bought three new sound stages from British International Pictures Ltd on the adjoining site before their construction was completed.
Bullbaiters Farm:   Bullbaiters Farm near Boreham Wood was originally called Bullbeggar's Farm - Bullbeggar meaning 'hobgoblin' or 'scarecrow'.
Campions School:   Campions School was a former school in the north of Borehamwood.
Cowley Hill School:   Cowley Hill Primary School accepts pupils between the ages of 3 and 11.
Cranes Farm:   Cranes Farm was a farm in Boreham Wood.
Cressalls Farm:   Cressalls Farm was a Boreham Wood farm on Theobald Street.
Elstree and Borehamwood:   Elstree (and Borehamwood) station, constructed in 1868, has undergone a series of name changes.
Ewhurst Manor:   Ewhurst Manor stood at 37 Furzehill Road.
Froghall Cottages:   Frog Hall Cottages were built in the late 1860s along Barnet Lane.
Furzehill School:   Furzehill School was one of the original schools of Boreham Wood, opening in 1912.
Green Street:   Green Street was once a separate village from Borehamwood but is now on the edge of its urban area.
Green Willows:   The Green Willows pub seems to have existed from 1871 until the turn of the twentieth century.
Hertswood Academy:   Hertswood Academy (formerly Hertswood School) is a coeducational secondary school which gained academy status in January 2013.
Hillside School:   Hillside School existed between 1939 and 2000.
Holmshill School:   Holmshill School was a secondary school in Borehamwood.
Kenilworth Primary School:   Kenilworth Primary School accepts girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 11.
Keystone Passage, WD6:   Keystone Passage commemorates the Keystone factory.
Leggatt’s Farm:   Leggatt’s Farm stood opposite Cowleyhill Farm.
Manor Farm:   Manor Farm was originally a farm in Boreham Wood.
Meadow Park:   
Meryfield Primary School:   Meryfield Primary School is a mixed primary school which opened in 1954.
MGM Studios:   Amalgamated Studios Ltd constructed a large studio on the north side of Elstree Way between 1935 and 1937. The company was unable to meet the cost and sold out to Arthur Rank.
Monksmead Primary School:   Monksmead Primary School was opened in 1958 and welcomes boys and girls up to the age of 11.
Mops and Brooms:   Nelson Cottage, Well End, is a two storey two bay timber framed house dating from c1600. It became a beer house in 1841.
Neptune House:   Neptune House, built as part of the ATV studios, is now part of the BBC studios.
Neptune Studios:   The Neptune Film Company opened the first studios in Borehamwood in 1914. It contained just a single small windowless stage (the first dark stage in England), relying entirely on electricity from a gas powered generator for lighting.
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Parkside Community Primary School:   Parkside Community Primary School is a mixed foundation school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Red Lion:   The Red Lion was one of two pubs in Green Street.
Rowley Lane Sports Ground:   
Saffron Green Primary School:   Saffron Green is a community primary school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Shenley Road water tank:   Shenley Road tank was a fire prevention feature of Boreham Wood.
St Teresa Roman Catholic Primary School:   St Teresa Primary School is a voluntary aided school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Stirling Corner:   Stirling Corner is the road junction of the A1 Barnet Bypass and Barnet Lane.
Studio 70:   Studio 70 was the main cinema in Borehamwood between the 1930s and the 1980s.
Summerswood Primary School:   Summerswood Primary School is a mixed community school which accepts pupils between the ages of 3 and 11.
Tee Shaped Wood:   Tee Shaped Wood was a woodland in the fields of Boreham Wood.
Tempsford Green:   Tempsford Green was created from an area of rough ground in 1951.
Thatched Barn:   The Thatched Barn motel was built alongside the new Barnet By Pass in 1932.
The Crown:   The Crown was the main pub in Borehamwood until 2010.
The Elstree UTC:   University technical college (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 14 and 19. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Thrift Farm:   Thrift Farm was a farm in Boreham Wood.
Whitehall Studios:   A single large stage was built in Station Road, Borehamwood in 1928 by Whitehall Films Ltd but the company was wound up in 1930.
Whitehouse Farm:   Whitehouse Farm was situated along Furzehill Road.
Woodlands Primary School:   Woodlands Primary is a mixed community school which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Yavneh College:   Yavneh College was established in 2006 when it contained just 93 year 7 pupils on a £35m campus which was designed for 1000.
Yavneh Primary School:   Yavneh Primary School accepts students between the ages of 4 and 11.

PHOTOS OF THE AREA

Bullbaiter’s Farm Sale (1905):   Bullbaiter’s Farm was located at the bottom of the modern Bullhead Road.
Buses in Shenley Road:   A 292 and 358 in Shenley Road.
Fox and Clark’ Furniture Shop (1905):   Added photo for 73 Shenley Road, WD6
Home of Rest for Horses:   The Home of Rest for Horses was situated at the corner of Furzehill Road and Barnet Lane, near Borehamwood.
Horse and cart at Bullbaiter's Farm:   Addition to Bullbaiter's Farm
Junction of Shenley Road and Drayton Road:   Looking along Shenley Road towards Furzehill Road
Mr George King at Bullbaiter's Farm:   Addition to Bullbaiter's Farm.
Shenley Road (1930s):   Shenley Road, Borehamwood in the 1930s
Thatched Barn:   The Thatched Barn was a two-storey mock-Tudor hotel built in 1927 on the Barnet by-pass.
The Myriad Stores:   Added photo for 49 Shenley Road, WD6
The Orchard:   The Orchard (1953)
Theobald Street in the 1900s:   2015
Thift Farm (1960s):   A rare view of Thrift Farm, before the creation of the "Studio Estate".
View of Borehamwood (1928):   This view, taken from a plane high above Furzehill Road shows a Borehamwood which was yet to develop.

NEARBY STREETS AND BUILDINGS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Abbots Place, WD6 · Aberford Road, WD6 · Alban Crescent, WD6 · Albert Square, E20 · Alconbury Close, WD6 · Alexandra Road, WD6 · Allerton Close, WD6 · Allerton Road, WD6 · Almond Way, WD6 · Anthony Road, WD6 · Armstrong Close, WD6 · Arundel Drive, WD6 · Ashdown Drive, WD6 · Ashley Drive, WD6 · Auden Drive, WD6 · Audley Close, WD6 · Aycliffe Road, WD6 · Ayot Path, WD6 · Badminton Close, WD6 · Bairstow Close, WD6 · Baldock Way, WD6 · Balmoral Drive, WD6 · Banks Road, WD6 · Barnet Way, EN5 · Barnet Way, WD6 · Barnsdale Close, WD6 · Barton Way, WD6 · Beech Drive, WD6 · Beechfield Close, WD6 · Belford Road, WD6 · Bennington Drive, WD6 · Berwick Road, WD6 · Blyth Close, WD6 · Boyce Close, WD6 · Bracken Close, WD6 · Bradbury Close, WD6 · Brampton Terrace, WD6 · Bray Close, WD6 · Brickfield Cottages · Brodewater Road, WD6 · Brook Road, WD6 · Broughinge Road, WD6 · Brownlow Road, WD6 · Buchanan Court, WD6 · Buckettsland Lane, WD6 · Buckingham Road, WD6 · Buckton Road, WD6 · Bullhead Road, WD6 · Burghley Avenue, WD6 · Byron Avenue, WD6 · Caishowe Road, WD6 · Campions Close, WD6 · Canterbury Road, WD6 · Cardinal Avenue, WD6 · Carlton Close, WD6 · Carrington Avenue, WD6 · Carrington Close, WD6 · Castleford Close, WD6 · Catterick Way, WD6 · Cedars Close, WD6 · Champions Close, WD6 · Chandos Road, WD6 · Chatsworth Close, WD6 · Chaucer Grove, WD6 · Chester Road, WD6 · Chiltern Close, WD6 · Clarendon Road, WD6 · Cleveland Crescent, WD6 · Clifton Way, WD6 · Clydesdale Close, WD6 · Cobb Close, WD6 · Coleridge Way, WD6 · Connemara Close, WD6 · Coopers Crescent, WD6 · Corfe Close, WD6 · Cowley Hill, WD6 · Cranes Way, WD6 · Cromwell Road, WD6 · Crossoaks Lane, WD6 · Crown Road, WD6 · Croxdale Road, WD6 · Dacre Gardens, WD6 · Dales Road, WD6 · Danziger Way, WD6 · Darrington Road, WD6 · Delamere Road, WD6 · Denham Way, WD6 · Digswell Close, WD6 · Drayton Road, WD6 · Dunnock Close, WD6 · Dunster Court, WD6 · Durham Road, WD6 · Ealing Close, WD6 · Easton Gardens, WD6 · Eaton Way, WD6 · Edulf Road, WD6 · Eldon Avenue, WD6 · Elmwood Avenue, WD6 · Elstree Distribution Park, WD6 · Elstree Park, WD6 · Elstree Way, WD6 · Ely Gardens, WD6 · Essex Road, WD6 · Fairburn Close, WD6 · Fairway Avenue, WD6 · Farm Close, WD6 · Farrant Way, WD6 · Farriers Way, WD6 · Featherstone Gardens, WD6 · Felton Close, WD6 · Furzehill Road, WD6 · Gables Avenue, WD6 · Gate Close, WD6 · Gateshead Road, WD6 · George Street, WD6 · Gibbons Close, WD6 · Glenhaven Avenue, WD6 · Goldfinch Way, WD6 · Goodwood Path, WD6 · Grace Close, WD6 · Grantham Green, WD6 · Graveley Avenue, WD6 · Green Street, WD6 · Greenside, WD6 · Gregson Close, WD6 · Grenfell Close, WD6 · Grosvenor Road, WD6 · Grove Road, WD6 · Hackney Close, WD6 · Haddon Close, WD6 · Haggerston Road, WD6 · Halter Close, WD6 · Hampton Close, WD6 · Hartforde Road, WD6 · Hawkins Close, WD6 · High Canons, WD6 · Hillside Avenue, WD6 · Holme Park, WD6 · Holmshill Lane, WD6 · Hornbeam Close, WD6 · Howard Drive, WD6 · Hunter Close, WD6 · Keats Close, WD6 · Kelly Close, WD6 · Kenilworth Close, WD6 · Kenilworth Drive, WD6 · Kensington Way, WD6 · Kent Close, WD6 · Kimbolton Green, WD6 · Kingsley Avenue, WD6 · Knebworth Path, WD6 · Laughton Court, WD6 · Leeming Road, WD6 · Lemsford Court, WD6 · Lexington Close, WD6 · Lincoln Court, WD6 · Linster Grove, WD6 · Linton Avenue, WD6 · Lombardy Way, WD6 · Lullington Garth, WD6 · Malden Road, WD6 · Manor Way, WD6 · Masefield Avenue, WD6 · Mason Close, WD6 · Maxwell Road, WD6 · Maydwell Lodge, WD6 · Meadow Road, WD6 · Melrose Avenue, WD6 · Meryfield Close, WD6 · Micklefield Way, WD6 · Mildred Avenue, WD6 · Milland Court, WD6 · Milton Drive, WD6 · Monksmead, WD6 · Monkswood Gardens, WD6 · Morpeth Avenue, WD6 · Neagle Close, WD6 · Newark Green, WD6 · Newton Crescent, WD6 · Nicoll Way, WD6 · Niven Close, WD6 · Norfolk Gardens, WD6 · Northfield Road, WD6 · Northgate Path, WD6 · Norton Close, WD6 · Novello Way, WD6 · Oakwood Avenue, WD6 · Oberon Close, WD6 · Oddesey Road, WD6 · Odyssey Road, WD6 · Organ Hall Road, WD6 · Organ Lane, E4 · Palmers Road, WD6 · Penscroft Gardens, WD6 · Percheron Road, WD6 · Pinewood Close, WD6 · Pinto Close, WD6 · Potters Lane, WD6 · Powys Court, WD6 · Purcell Close, WD6 · Pursley Gardens, WD6 · Ranskill Road, WD6 · Red Road, WD6 · Redwood Rise, WD6 · Reston Close, WD6 · Retford Close, WD6 · Richmond Close, WD6 · Ripon Way, WD6 · Robeson Way, WD6 · Rossington Avenue, WD6 · Rowley Lane, WD6 · Rutherford Close, WD6 · Rye Close, WD6 · Saddlers Close, WD6 · Sawtry Way, WD6 · Saxon Court, WD6 · Sellers Close, WD6 · Shakespeare Drive, WD6 · Shelley Close, WD6 · Shenley Road, WD6 · Shepperton Close, WD6 · Shetland Close, WD6 · Silver Hill, WD6 · Sinderby Close, WD6 · Siskin Close, WD6 · Spring Close, WD6 · St Paul?s Close, WD6 · Stainer Road, WD6 · Stanborough Avenue, WD6 · Stanborough Close, WD6 · Stangate Crescent, WD6 · Stanley Gardens, WD6 · Stannington Path, WD6 · Stapleton Road, WD6 · Station Road, WD6 · Stevenage Crescent, WD6 · Stilton Path, WD6 · Stirling Way, WD6 · Stratfield Road, WD6 · Stretton Way, WD6 · Studio Way, WD6 · Suffolk Close, WD6 · Summerswood Lane, EN6 · Summerswood Lane, WD6 · Sutton Path, WD6 · Tallis Way, WD6 · Tempsford Avenue, WD6 · Tennison Avenue, WD6 · The Campions, WD6 · The Pines, WD6 · The Reddings, WD6 · Theobald Street, WD6 · Theobold Street, WD7 · Thirsk Road, WD6 · Thirston Path, WD6 · Thornbury Gardens, WD6 · Thrift Farm Lane, WD6 · Tilehouse Close, WD6 · Tinwell Mews, WD6 · Tomkins Close, WD6 · Torworth Road, WD6 · Tudor Court, WD6 · Tuxford Close · Vale Avenue, WD6 · Walshford Way, WD6 · Wansford Park, WD6 · Warenford Way, WD6 · Warren Grove, WD6 · Warwick Road, WD6 · Water End Close, WD6 · Welbeck Close, WD6 · Welham Close, WD6 · Well End Road, WD6 · Wentbridge Path, WD6 · Wetherby Road, WD6 · Whitehall Close, WD6 · Whitehouse Avenue, WD6 · Wilcox Close, WD6 · Winstre Road, WD6 · Winthorpe Gardens, WD6 · Woodlands Close, WD6 · Woolmer Close, WD6 · Wordsworth Gardens, WD6 · York Crescent, WD6 · York Way, WD6 ·